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1LITennisMag.com • July/August 2012 • Long Island Tennis Magazine

By Nancy McShea

Thanks to Danny Burgess,and the members of the USTAEastern Long Island RegionBoard members for bestowing

the honor of the Vitas Gerulaitis For the Loveof Tennis Award upon me.

I was a junior tennis parent here in the1970s, so I’ve been covering this beat formore than 40 years, and if any of you herehave never heard of Vitas Gerulaitis, youshould know that he put Long Island on themap during the New York tennis boom. Vitaslived in Howard Beach, N.Y. and played at thePort Washington Tennis Academy. He and an-other Long Island guy, Sandy Mayer of Wood-mere, won the 1975 Wimbledon doubles title.

Vitas also won singles titles in Australiaand at the Italian Open before he lost to hisfriend John McEnroe in the finals of the1979 U.S. Open. McEnroe has said, “Vitaswas the big shot player in the East who weall looked up to, and suddenly, I’m 20 andhe’s 24 and we’re playing in the U.S. Openfinal … I don’t think it will ever happenagain—two guys from New York playing forthe U.S. Open title.” You never know. An-other Long Island Vitas could emerge fromthe group of young players and join inter-national junior stars who have emergedfrom the area, like Noah Rubin and Julia El-baba. America and New York would love anew tennis boom.

I have heard fascinating stories aboutpeople over the years as I researched and

wrote more than 2,000 tennis articles for avariety of publications and Web sites. I be-lieve that every tennis player who earns aranking of any kind, league teams, officials,writers and people who volunteer valuabletime to promote the sport are indeed starsand should be acknowledged and honoredby Eastern and the USTA.

Nancy McShea has worked as a copy editorat a major New York advertising agency,spent 15 years teaching English and runningthe library in two Long Island high schoolsand coached varsity tennis. She has spentthe past 27 years reporting in magazines andnewspapers about tennis players and thegame’s leaders in the United States TennisAssociation, Eastern Section.

Vitas Gerulaitis ...a Long Island Tennis Hero

Feature Stories16 2012 New York Sportimes Preview

Andre Agassi comes to New York for Johnny Mac Tennis Project Fundraiser, become a part of the teamby volunteering your time at home matches and get into the Guinness Book of World Records all thisseason with the New York Sportimes.

36 John McEnroe Tennis Academy to Open Location at SportimeBethpage in SeptemberTennis legend John McEnroe expands his development grounds to Long Island as the John McEnroeTennis Academy sets to open at Sportime Bethpage in September.

44 U2012 Boys High School Nassau & Suffolk Season RecapA look back at the 2012 Boys High School Tennis, from results from Nassau and Suffolk Counties and the States.

Additional Features1 Vitas Gerulaitis … a Long Island Tennis Hero By Nancy McShea3 East Quogue’s Dillon Pottish Crowned Men’s Division III National Singles Champion

By Adam Wolfthal8 Three Long Island Teams Earn Spots at Junior Team Tennis Section Championships

By Steve Abbondondelo24 Watch the Ball 50 Percent of the Time and Watch Your Game Soar By Lisa Dodson30 USTA Eastern Long Island Region Honors Players and Coaches at Annual Dinner34 “When” College Sports Gets It Right By Lonnie Mitchel52 Help Your Game With Pattern Recognition By Miguel Cervantes III

Columns4 College Tennis Spotlight: Mythbusters … Some Recruiting Words of Wisdom From

Long Island Stars Who Have Recently Finished Their College Careers By Ricky Becker12 Court Awareness: Playing With Your Mental Positioning System By Rob Polishook, MA, CPC14 Good to Great: A Model for Safely Building the Tennis Champions of Tomorrow

(Part V) … Environments of Excellence By Steve Kaplan18 The Jensen Zone By Luke Jensen21 Dr. Tom on Murphy’s Law in Tennis By Dr. Tom Ferraro22 Court Six: Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Gossip Column By Emilie Katz26 USTA Eastern Long Island Region Update41 Tips From the Tennis Pro: Getting a Handle on Grips By Daniel Kresh42 Fitness and Nutrition: Fluids and the Balance of Electrolytes By Irina Belfer-Lehat43 Adult League Wrap-Up By Kathy Miller54 Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Literary Corner: Winning Ugly By Brad Gilbert

With Steve Jamison By Brent Shearer57 Long Island Tennis Club Directory

Cover photo credit: Kenneth B. Goldberg

10 Sharapova Reclaims Top Spot andCompletes Career Grand Slam With 2012French Open WinWith her win at the 2012 French Open, Maria Sharapova joined an elite group ofcareer Grand Slam winners en route to a return to the top of the women’s sin-gles rankings.

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Dillon Pottish grew up in East Quogue,N.Y., a small coastal community on thesouth shore of Long Island’s East End.

As a youngster, his parents encouraged himto play every sport, but he developed a likingfor two in particular, tennis and baseball.Knowing that both sports are played in thespring season for high school, Pottish knewthat he had to choose one or the other. Therewas easy access to outdoor tennis courts inhis hometown and two indoor clubs to play infor the winter. At first, tennis was his choice,but after committing to it full force, it becamehis passion.

Pottish remembers his experience on theWesthampton Beach high school tennis teamwith very fond memories. The team atmos-phere, camaraderie and traveling to face dis-tant opponents was all good preparation forcollege tennis. Being from such a small townand the small community of Long Island, nat-urally, rivalries were a big part of his highschool career and Pottish looked at them as abuilding block for what was to come. Being aSuffolk County high school tennis player, notto mention one of Suffolk’s elite, the oppo-nents became quite familiar. Pottish’s highschool career was successful, as he won theSuffolk County Championship on two occa-sions, but he had to work extremely hard bothon and off court to be able to reach the levelhe did. He credits his work ethic for helpinghim in high school and also for being thebackbone of his college success.

His college career began at the Universityof Portland, a Division I school in Oregon.Sports were taken very seriously at Portlandand tennis became the number one priority inPottish’s life. After one year, he knew that find-ing a balance was important to him, as well asbeing closer to home and he decided to trans-fer to the East Coast to Emory University in At-lanta. Emory is known around the country asone of the top academic schools in the nation,and one of the best Division III tennis pro-grams. Beyond the balance between aca-demic and athletic life that he was looking for,the Emory Eagles also provided Pottish withbetter weather to practice.

Pottish has been ranked as the numberone singles player in the D-III ranks the pasttwo seasons, with an overall record of 29-3.Pottish was named the University AthleticAssociation (UAA) Most Valuable Player allthree seasons that he competed for Emory,helping the Eagles to a 25-0 record in 2012.During the fall, he became the first player inschool history to win three ITA Regional Sin-gles Championships.

Over the course of his collegiate career,Pottish has an overall record of 92-14, with hisvictory total good for fourth place on Emory’sall-time list. Pottish also currently holds theschool record for highest winning percentagein program history with an .867 mark.

In his recently-completed senior season,Pottish was able to successfully achieve thegoals he had set on the court, helping Emoryto the Men’s Tennis Division III National TeamTitle and taking the Men’s Tennis Division III In-dividual crown with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 win overNick Ballou of Cal Lutheran.

Winning a National Championship as anindividual, means that you are the best atyour chosen sport, in your given division, inthe entire country, while winning as a mem-ber of a team, means that, collectively, yourteam has outperformed every team in the na-tion for the year.

“Doing bothin one year isextra special,”said Pottish.

For his out-standing playin 2011-2012,Pottish was recognized by the Intercolle-giate Tennis Association (ITA) as the Divi-sion III National Senior Player of the Year.

As for the future, Pottish plans to give goingpro a shot. He is currently training in Atlantaworking towards competing in the FuturesTour in late August.

Pottish’s advice to any Long Island highschool tennis player is to “definitely explorethe Division III option. Use your tennis toget into a great academic school becauseyour degree will be with you the rest of yourlife.”

Adam Wolfthal is the director of businessdevelopment for New York Tennis Magazine.Adam is a former Dowling College men’s tennisplayer.

East Quogue’s Dillon Pottish Crowned Men’s Division III National Singles Champion

BY ADAM WOLFTHAL


By Ricky Becker

A great source of untappedrecruiting wisdom is fromformer Long Island playerswho have finished college.

These young adults have all the experienceof college and are still young enough to re-late to today’s junior players. I asked twoLong Island-bred college graduates somerecruiting questions and tapped on theirwisdom. Our panel for this discussion in-cludes Allison Dender from WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis (Class of 2010) andRyann Cutillo from Wake Forest University(Class of 2012).

Allison DenderWashington University inSt. Louis (Class of 2010)

Ryann Cutillo Wake Forest University(Class of 2012)

Looking back at your college career, wasthere any advice you were given as a highschool student regarding choosing a col-lege that you now disagree with?Allison Dender: I learned that Division I

and Division II teams are not necessarilystronger than Division III teams. My teamand other Division III schools regularly beatDivision I and Division II schools. It is im-portant to understand the quality of thetennis program and the schools that theycompete with, outside of what division theschool presides.Ryann Cutillo: When I was choosing a col-lege, I was told that, aside from theschool’s academic and tennisrankings/standings, that the coach andteam should be a major part in my deci-sion. While this is true, because you willspend a lot of time with your teammatesand coaches, I think an aspect of collegelife that recruits don’t focus enough on isthe school’s social life and atmosphere.Official visits are so important, becausethey allow you to experience what it will belike to make friends, socialize, and go outas a student in college. Tennis will be amajor part of the college experience, soteam dynamics are very important, but Ithink it is imperative to focus on how youthink you will fit in with the entire school at-mosphere, location and student body.

Were you always happy with your col-lege decision or was there ever a timewhile in college that you questionedyour choice?Cutillo: For the most part, I was extremelyhappy with my college decision. Therewere a lot of ups and downs with the teambecause of a coaching change. It was dif-

Mythbusters: Some Recruiting Words of Wisdom

From Long Island Stars Who Have Recently Finished Their College Careers

ficult getting used to a new atmosphereand coaching style, but I think this was agreat learning experience for me. Beingpart of a team is such a great experience,and I think the challenges I faced made mea better person.Dender: I had a great college experience,so I was always happy with my decision togo to Washington University in St. Louis. Iplayed highly-competitive NCAA tennis,but as a student-athlete, I was also able topursue academic and social interests offthe tennis court. I had amazing teammateswho made my college experience very spe-cial, and who are still some of my bestfriends.

Is there anything you didn’t realize aboutyour whole tennis experience until afteryou graduated?Dender: Since graduating, I have seen howbeing a college athlete has made me moresuccessful in the work place. The timemanagement skills, work ethic, flexibility,teamwork and leadership traits that are im-portant to success in college tennis are ex-tremely important in the real world.Furthermore, the relationships you makewith your teammates and other student-athletes last well beyond your collegeyears.

While I realized this as a senior in college,it is surprising how few players completefour years of college tennis, especially inDivision III and conferences without athleticscholarships. When players get to college,


they start to realize other interests that theywant to pursue, which are sometimes diffi-cult to balance with a college sport. Sincegraduating, I value that I went to a schoolthat allowed me to balance different inter-ests and play tennis. I was able to studyabroad (in the summer and fall), pursue mymaster’s degree, two majors and a minor,and serve as president of a business or-ganization. These experiences, in additionto my athletic endeavors, have made memore well-rounded now that I am working.Cutillo: I didn’t realize how different tenniswould be in college compared to the juniortennis experience. While I loved junior tennis,college tennis, for me, was so much moreenjoyable. Being able to play for your schooland your team—who are people you con-sider your best friends—is such an honor.

What advice would you give someonewho is now playing junior tennis? Cutillo: I would say to start looking as earlyas possible! While being recruited is a funexperience, it can also be overwhelmingand stressful. The earlier you look intoschools and start reaching out to coaches,the more you will realize what you want foryour college experience. My coach urgedme to start the college process very earlyand it was the best advice I could have re-ceived. It gave me more options because Iwas well ahead of the game compared toothers, and I could play with a little bit lesspressure and stress, which is very helpful!Dender: My best advice is to work hard to

put yourself in a position where you have alot of options, both athletically and academ-ically, and then make a decision that is trulythe best fit for you and is what you want (notwhat your parents or coaches want for you).

Did you host any recruits while you werein college? Do you have any advice forhigh school athletes who are visitingschools?Dender: I hosted a number of recruits myfreshman year, a few of which became myteammates. My advice is to really get toknow the players on the team and under-stand their lifestyle, including school cul-ture, tennis schedule, social life andacademics. Spend time socially with theteam and make sure you fit into the teamculture, as you will definitely be spending alot of time with them if you attend theschool. Inquire about the relationship be-tween the players and the coach. Learn ifthere are any limitations to what you can dooutside of tennis, such as extracurricularactivities, fraternities and/or sororities, orstudying abroad. Speak with some upperclassmen, as you are making a commit-ment for four years. Attend a class and askabout how academic and athletic conflictsare resolved, and if there are academic re-sources available to athletes.Cutillo: I hosted many recruits on their vis-its. Some good experiences and some bad!The best piece of advice I can give is to berespectful and friendly to your host. Thereis nothing worse than trying to host some-

one who doesn’t give you the time of dayor doesn’t seem interested. While your ten-nis playing abilities are very important tothe coach and the team, how you socializeand interact with the girls on the team is amajor part of your visit as well.

How did your coach decide spots in thelineup?Cutillo: We had a few days a week of setplay which is where the majority of ourlineup was decided. On top of that, howyou performed in dual matches was amajor indicator as well. Some people arebetter practice players compared to matchplayers, so how you perform on match daybecame the most important indicator ofwhere you would play in the lineup.Dender: There were a number of factorsthat went into determining the lineup andthe lineup could change on a match bymatch basis. We played practice matchesand had a lot of matches against outsidecompetition where our coach observed ourperformance, efforts and attitude.

Ricky Becker is founder of JuniorTennis-Consulting LLC, which offers off-court col-lege guidance services to junior tennisplayers. He is now director of tennis at PineHollow Country Club and will be runningtennis programs at Glen Head RacquetClub in the winter. He can be reached by e-mail at [email protected], by phone at(516) 605-0420 or via JuniorTennisConsult-ing.com.


On June 16, the U.S. Open NationalPlayoffs came to a close at the USTABillie Jean King National Tennis Cen-

ter, as the women’s singles, men’s singles,and mixed-doubles finals were all played.For six days, players battled at the NationalTennis Center for a chance to qualify for the2012 U.S. Open. The winners of all thedraws advance to the next part of the Na-tional Playoffs against the winners from theother USTA Sections. The following stagewill be played in New Haven, Conn. in Au-gust. The winners of the singles and doublesdraws from that tournament advance to theU.S. Open Qualifying draw. The Mixed-Dou-bles winner advances to the U.S. Open MainDraw as there is no qualifying draw in mixed-doubles for the U.S. Open.

The final day of the U.S. Open NationalPlayoff started off with the women’ssingles final, as Brooklyn’s MagdaOkruashvili defeated Rima Asatarian ofNew Jersey in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4.Okruashvili was last year’s Eastern runnerup, but this year, she was able to pull outthe win. Okruashvili is originally from thecountry of Georgia and moved to theUnited States in 2006, where she trains

and plays in ITF and USTA Pro Circuittournaments.

“The first steps are the best. This is noth-ing, we still have to play New Haven, butthe first steps are definitely the best,” saidOkruashvili of her win.

The second match of the day was themen’s singles final which featured NikitaKryvanos of Flushing and Winston Lin ofBuffalo, N.Y. Kryvanos has had experi-ence on this stage before, winning the2010 U.S. Open National Playoffs Easternevent. For Lin, the 2012 Ivy LeagueRookie of the Year at Columbia, it was hisfirst time playing in the tournament. The

match featured many long points and wastightly contested, and after over twohours, Kryvanos came out with a hard-fought straight-set win, 6-4, 6-3.

Kryvonos was born in Ukraine andcame to the U.S. with his family when hewas 13. He established himself as apromising junior player, but contracted astaph infection at the age of 16 followingleg surgery. After a long recovery, heworked back to become ranked as highas 389th in the world by playing on theUSTA Pro Circuit. He won a USTA Pro Cir-cuit Futures in Irvine, Calif., in 2007 andalso competed in the 2007 U.S. Open

Four New Yorkers Headed to New Haven for Shot at U.S. Open Qualifying Draw

BY KR ISTEN KELLEHER


qualifying draw and the 2005 U.S. Openmen’s doubles main draw. He also servedas a practice partner for the U.S. Davis Cupteam in the 2006 semifinal in Russia along-side Andy Roddick, James Blake and theBryan Brothers. Shortly after Kryvonos’played in the 2010 U.S. Open NationalPlayoffs Men’s Championship, he startedto have knee trouble, which lingered lastyear. He decided not to play much tennis in2011, skipping the National Playoffs andUSTA Pro Circuit events. However, Kryvonoshas been back training at the USTA BillieJean King National Tennis Center this yearand is finally feeling good again.

The last match of the day was themixed-doubles finals which featured AlisonAdamski (Jamaica, N.Y.) & Keith Kessler(Brooklyn, N.Y.) against Malika Rose (Davie,Fla.) & Steven Wilson (Bronx, N.Y.).Adamski & Kessler, who struggled in theirsemifinal match, pulling out a super tie-breaker to advance to the finals, were ontheir game in this one and had a relativelyquick win over Rose & Wilson, 6-1, 6-1.

Adamski, 26, played tennis for St. John’sUniversity and currently coaches the Hofs-tra tennis team, while Kessler, 26, playedfor Florida Tech and is a teaching pro inBrooklyn, N.Y. The duo has played manynational tournaments together, winning abronze ball at the 2011 USTA Open IndoorsChampionships. This was the first time thepair has competed in the U.S. Open Na-tional Playoffs, but they were familiar withthe surroundings.

“We’ve played the National Open here atthe National Tennis Center for the pastthree years, so we decided to give thistournament a shot,” said Kessler.

Kristen Kelleher is an intern with Long IslandTennis Magazine. She is currently attendingLoyola University Maryland and may bereached by e-mail at [email protected].

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The 2012 Long Island Winter JuniorTeam Tennis season ended after twoexciting weekends of competition.

Point Set Racquet Club’s (Oceanside, N.Y.)14 & Under intermediate team, captainedby David Nisenson, prevailed in the roundrobin to be crowned champions. The event

was held at Robbie Wagner TournamentTraining in Glen Cove, N.Y. The Point Set12 & Under team edged out five otherteams for the intermediate division titleafter five rounds of play.

The Regional Championships cul-minatedon May 5. The Hicksville Smash, representing

Hicksville Community Tennis and coached bySteve Abbondondelo, prevailed over the BluePoint Fahrenheit team, captained by JohnLapham, in the finals. The 12 & Under and the18 & Under intermediate divisions were heldat Robbie Wagner Tournament Training Centerin Glen Cove, N.Y.

The winning teams advance to theEastern Sectional in Schenactedy, N.Y.

Junior Team Tennis has been growingdramatically on Long Island with more than30 teams and hundreds of children com-peting in the various categories. This year,Junior Team Tennis in Long Island wassponsored by PM Pediatrics. To learn moreabout Junior Team Tennis in Long Island,or to start or join a team, contact JuniorTeam Tennis Coordinator Steve Abbon-dondelo at [email protected].

Steve Abbondondelo is Junior TeamTennis Eastern Committee Chair/LongIsland Regional Coordinator. For ques-tions or inquiries about the USTA JTTprogram, e-mail Steve at [email protected].

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Russia’s Maria Sharapovacompleted her careerGrand Slam with a 6-3, 6-2win over Italy’s Sara Erranito win the 2012 FrenchOpen Championship. Inaddition to her 2012Roland Garros victory,Sharapova won at Wim-bledon in 2004, the U.S.

Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in2008. She joins an elite group who has ac-complished the feat, including MargaretCourt, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova,Steffi Graf, Serena Williams, MaureenConnolly, Shirley Fry and Billie JeanKing.

“It’s the most incredible feeling. I don’tknow what to say,” said Sharapova afterclinching her career Grand Slam win on the

clay courts of RolandGarros. “I’m so happy. I’veworked so hard for this. Ittook a lot to get to this stageand even more to win it.There are so many toughdays where you feel likegiving up, but you don’t. It’sbeen such a journey to get to this stageagain.”

Sharapova’s showing at Roland Garrosvaulted her back into the top spot of theWTA Women’s Singles Rankings fromnumber two, moving ahead of former worldnumber one-ranked Victoria Azarenka ofBelarus.

A U.S. resident since 1994, Sharapovahas now won 27 WTA singles titles,including the four Grand Slam singles titles.She was also year-end winner of the WTA

Tour Championships in2004. Sharapova has beenranked number one atopthe WTA Women’s SinglesRankings on five separateoccasions. She becameworld number one for thefirst time seven years ago

on Aug. 22, 2005, and regained the rankingfor the fifth time on June 11, 2012 with herfinals appearance at Roland Garros.

Sharapova made her professionalbreakthrough in 2004 at the age of 17,when she defeated two-time defendingchampion and top-seeded Serena Williamsin the 2004 Wimbledon finals for her firstGrand Slam singles title, entering the top10 in the WTA Rankings with the win. Shesubsequently won major titles at the 2006U.S. Open and 2008 Australian Open,before being forced out of the game for 10months by a recurring shoulder injury,which required surgery in October of 2008.

Sharapova came back to the game inMay 2009, and returned to the top 10 inMarch 2011.

This summer, in addition to playing inWimbledon 2012 and in the U.S. Open,Sharapova was asked by the RussianOlympic Committee to carry the Russianflag at this year’s London Olympic Games.She will be the first-ever woman to carrythe Russian flag at the Olympics.

“I am so honored, and especiallyexcited, as it will be my first Olympics in mycareer,” said Sharapova on her Facebookpage. “I have had to keep this hush-hushfor two weeks and keeping secrets is notmy best quality!”

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Wimbledon2004

Seeded 13th and at the age of 17, MariaSharapova reached her first Grand Slamsemifinal by defeating Ai Sugiyama atWimbledon in 2004. There, she defeated fifthseed and former champion, AmericanLindsay Davenport. In the finals, Sharapovaupset the top seed and defendingchampion, American Serena Williams, to winher first Grand Slam singles title, andbecome the third youngest woman to winthe Wimbledon title, behind only Lottie Dodand Martina Hingis. Sharapova also becamethe second Russian woman (after AnastasiaMyskina had won the year’s previous majorat Roland Garros) to win a Grand Slamsingles title. The victory was hailed by themedia as “the most stunning upset inmemory,” with other writers commenting onher arrival as a serious challenger to theWilliams’ dominance at Wimbledon. Sheentered the top 10 in the rankings for the firsttime as a result of the win.

U.S. Open2006

As the third seed at the 2006 U.S. Open,Sharapova defeated top-seed AmélieMauresmo from France for the first time in

the semifinals, and then followed up bybeating second-seeded Justine Henin fromBelgium in order to win her second GrandSlam singles title. Sharapova finished 2006ranked number two in the world, her bestyear-end finish to date.

Australian Open2008

Sharapova was seeded fifth at the 2008Australian Open, but was notconsidered a favorite. Nevertheless, shedefeated former world number oneLindsay Davenport in the second round,and then world number one JustineHenin in the quarterfinals, ending thelatter’s 32-match winning streak. She

proceeded to the finals by defeatingJelena Jankovic in the semis, where shedefeated Ana Ivanovic to win her thirdGrand Slam title, having not dropped aset all tournament.

French Open2012

Sharapova was seeded second at the2012 French Open where she defeatedSara Errani in the Roland Garros finals.By reaching the final, she regained thetop spot in the WTA Rankings. Coinci-dentally, the last time Sharapova wasnumber one was right before the 2008French Open, due to the sudden retire-ment of then number one Justine Henin,a four-time Roland Garros champion.

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In today’s day and age,most people have a GlobalPositioning System (GPS)in their car. Certainly thisdevice has made it easierto reach your destination.

All that is necessary is to input the des-tination and “voila” … the GPS tells youwhere to go. There need be little aware-ness of where you currently are, and nothinking or planning is necessary. Sowhat does this have to do with tennis?Stay with me …

Let’s flash back a few years to a timewhen people read maps to determinehow to reach a destination. There wereusually three steps that were necessary:First, you needed to be aware of yourcurrent location. Second, you needed toknow where you wanted to go. Andthird, you needed to plan the most effi-cient route to reach your desired desti-nation. Then, along came an inventioncalled “MapQuest.” This was hailed as

the greatest navigation tool ever. Whatmade it so easy was that the driver nolonger needed to plot their strategy toreach the destination as it was automat-ically calculated. Now, our fancy GPSsystem not only eliminates the need toplot a strategy to reach our desired des-tination, but we don’t even need to beaware of our current location! The GPSautomatically finds us via satellite, andcalculates where we need to turn toreach our destination.

On the tennis court, we cannot turn toour GPS. However, all players have asimilar, yet superior, tool of cognitionwhen on the court, which combines thebenefits of a knowledge of the destina-tion, with the planning skills of reading amap. This tool is what I refer to as theMPS, or “Mental Positioning System.”The MPS is a human machine, run bythe strongest computer in the uni-verse—not an electronic device, but ourown brain. It is activated by awareness.

It requires us to examine the same threepoints we needed to ask when using amap: Where we are at this exact point intime, where we want to end up, andwhat the necessary steps are in order toreach that goal.

A mentally-sound player can employtheir MPS system in both practice andin matches. When activated by aware-ness, the player’s MPS can tell themwhether they are currently using idealform on a stroke, what steps to take toimprove technique, and lastly, wheresuch adjustments will lead you. In amatch, it can tell you where you are,where you want to be, and how to getback on track.

Fortunately, we all have MPS devices,in fact, they are hard-wired into ourbrain. Some players may use theirsmore than others, and consequently,reap the benefits, while others may takethe shortcuts that our driving GPS sys-tem uses. For example, many players

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simply say, “I want to win.” In otherwords, they input the destination likethey would with a GPS. However, on thecourt, this shortcut will fail. The playersmust first be aware and able to assessthe complexion of the match, patterns ofplay that have developed, and the scorethat has resulted. Once they accomplishthis, they can determine what has thusfar prevented the desired outcome andmove toward the steps to reach thatoutcome.

It is the MPS which allows RogerFederer to make adjustments at anytime during a match. If Roger has failedto return serves to his backhand sideafter a couple games, for instance,Roger’s MPS alerts him that he mayneed to move back, forward, or adjustthe spin on his return. Then, Rogerdecides how he is going to accomplishthis feat. Tiger Woods is known to beable to make on-the-fly adjustments,whether on the course or in front of amirror, simply by being aware of the“feel” of his stroke.

Choosing to use your MPS is a ques-tion of whether we are aware, objective

and courageous enough to admit wherewe are in our technical, strategic, physi-cal or mental process. To use your MPSsystem properly in practice, ask yourselfthe following questions:

1. Where am I now on a particular elementof the game?

2. Where do I want to be in a certainamount of time?

3. To get there what do I have to do?4. Am I willing to put in the effort to do

this?5. Who can help me?6. How will I know when I reach this goal?

To use your MPS system in matches. Askyourself these questions:

1. What is happening at this moment?2. What do I want to be happening?3. What do I need to do to change

things?4. How would my position change if I made

these adjustments?5. Am I willing to make the adjustments?

Remember, when you are on the court,

don’t take the shortcut by trying to useyour GPS. It only works in the car. Turnon your MPS system and trust yourselfto objectively assess what is happeningin the match or practice session, whatyou want to be happening, and the beststrategy to effectively reach your goal/des-tination. You will find that using your mindto change the course of a frustrating matchin your favor is one of the most fulfilling ex-periences in the game.

Rob Polishook, MA, CPC is the founderand director of Inside the Zone SportsPerformance Group. As a mental train-ing coach he works with athletes andteams of all levels. His work focuses onhelping athletes gain the mental edgeand letting go of blocks which get in theway of peak performance. He is a USTAZonal Coach and has spoken and beenpublished for the USTA, USPTA and ITA.Additionally, he has conducted work-shops nationally and internationally inIndia and Israel. He may be reached byphone at (973) 723-0314, e-mail rob@in-sidethezone or visit www.insidethe-zone.com.


Good to Great:A Model for Safely Building the Tennis Champions of Tomorrow (Part V)By Steve Kaplan

Environments of Excellence

By Steve Kaplan

Good tennis playersdevelop and achievein positive environ-

ments, and truly thrive andactualize great potential in environmentsof excellence. While great learning envi-ronments are a shared effort, they start athome and there is nothing more power-ful and impactful to children than a parentwho is a leader and role model.

Coaches are vital to providing growthmindsets, but they play a subordinaterole to parents because they do notmost effectively instill core values to stu-dents nor should they seek to instill fun-damental beliefs. Instead, coachesshould reinforce the already-internalizedvalues that students derived from home.

My friend and one of my first stu-dents, Bobby Banck, talks frequentlyabout parental responsibility in his in-sightful blog, “The Mission Dad.” Bobbyhas a unique perspective and passion

concerning parental roles, both on andoff the court as the father of two youngboys; a former top player; as well ascoach of Monica Seles, Mary Pierce, MaryJo Fernandez and David Pate. Bobby spentseveral years at Nick Bollettieri’s Acad-emy during the “Golden Era” of U.S.tennis and experienced one of thegreatest citadels of excellence in U.S.tennis history.

Bobby explains, “It wasn’t the qualityof the coaching that was special, it wasthe attitude. My parents taught me de-votion and instilled the idea that tenniswas a privilege. Nobody at Nick’s viewedtennis as a chore.”

Bobby’s consistent message is thatparents must demonstrate and exem-plify leadership to their children. Hecredits the support of his parents for hisability to greatly benefit away fromhome.

Leaders are team players and parentscannot realistically expect to get the re-sults they want from their child unless

they step up and become the leader oftheir child’s education.

If you believe that, as a parent, youcan best serve your child’s education byteaching them to serve, perhaps youshould try this exercise.

Sit down and write your coaching re-sume as if you are applying for the op-portunity to be hired as your child’scoach. Include your education, back-ground, experience and availability, andthen evaluate it as a selfless leader andteam player, rather than as a co- de-pendent. Consider the overwhelmingtheoretical and empirical evidence thatindicates that coaching your child isphysiologically risky. Would you reallyhire yourself as the most qualified can-didate for the job?

Bobby Banck explains, “I don’t knowtoo many top players with happy rela-tionships with both parents.”

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An alternative to coaching your childis to lead them as a role model. It’s waymore work but isn’t your child’s growthworth the effort? My friend, DaveMcElwaine, is a wonderful example ofthe power of leadership. Dave isperhaps the premier senior mountainbike racer and photo journalist in theworld. As an avid racer myself, I knowvery well just how much expertise Davebrings to this very demanding andcompetitive sport. On one occasion, Daveand I traveled to compete in the seniordivision of a national championship race inShowshoe, W. Va. Dave’s 14-year-old sonColt came with us to race in the juniorclass. I was amazed that, despite Dave’svast knowledge and experience, he didn’toffer even one bit of advice to Colt.Instead, Dave extended invitations to Coltto join us as a peer. “Colt, Steve and I arepre-riding the course, you’re invited. Colt,we are prepping our bikes now if you areinterested? My race is at 9am if you want towatch me. Afterwards I plan on watchingyou at 12.”

As Colt developed, Dave hired MarkMcCormick, a top racer and coach tofurther him. Colt went on to become na-tional junior champion, graduate Har-vard, and pursue his love of cycling as atop pro racer and leading bike journalist.

Great competitive athletes need greatleadership and mentorship. Who is bet-ter qualified to provide these essentialqualities then the people with uncondi-tional and limitless love?

Coaching is a conditional role, parent-ing is not.

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Agassi, McEnroe and Hingis to PlayWTT Match to Benefitthe Johnny Mac Tennis Project

Tennis Hall of FamersAndre Agassi andJohn McEnroe, andformer world numberone Martina Hingis,will compete as part ofthe World TeamTennismatchup betweenthe New YorkSportimes and Boston

Lobsters, in a special benefit night on July19. Proceeds will go towards the JohnnyMac Tennis Project (JMTP) to providescholarships, coaching, transportationand other financial assistance to qualifiedyoung tennis players in the greater NewYork area. The evening begins at 7:00p.m. at Sportime Stadium on Randall’s Is-land. Last year, McEnroe faced BjornBorg in the first JMTP benefit evening infront of a sold-out Sportime Stadiumcrowd.

Johnny Mac Tennis Project recipients willattend the John McEnroe Tennis Academy,which is completing its second year atSportime Randall’s Island. Ticket prices forthe match will be $250, $150 and $60;please consult your tax advisor concerningthe tax deductibility of ticket purchases.Tickets for the Benefit night on July 19, andfor additional NY Sportimes home matcheson July 10, 13, 18 and 25, can be pur-chased by calling 1-888-WTT-NYC1 or byvisiting www.nysportimes.com.

“This year’s Johnny Mac Tennis ProjectNight will highlight three of the most popu-lar and exciting players ever to play thesport,” said Sportime Clubs and NYSportimes Chief Executive Officer ClaudeOkin. “Andre Agassi has become a notablehumanitarian and ambassador for tennis asa life-changing opportunity. We are thrilledthat he will be part of this great night tobenefit our efforts to improve the lives ofyoung people and young players here inNew York City.”

Agassi and McEnroe met four timeswhile active on the ATP World Tour, eachwinning two matches. McEnroe won in1986 in Stratton Mountain, Vt., and in 1989in Dallas, while Agassi was victorious in

1988 in Los Angeles and 1992 in the semi-finals at Wimbledon.

“I’m committed to giving opportunitiesto youngsters in the New York area tohelp them reach their full potential as ten-nis players and as people through theJohnny Mac Tennis Project,” said McEn-roe. “This night is critical in making theJMTP a success, and getting to faceAndre in a WTT match will make it evenmore special.”

This will be the fifth appearance in WTTfor Agassi, who previously competed forthe Sacramento Capitals from 2002-2004and the Philadelphia Freedoms in 2009.

“Youth tennis and education have al-ways been extremely important to me,”said Agassi, who won 60 career singlestitles. Among those were eight GrandSlam crowns, including wins at all fourmajor venues. “I am proud to supportJohn’s program and look forward tocompeting against him in an excitingmatch on July 19.”

The July 19WTT match willfeature Agassiand McEnroec o m p e t i n gagainst eachother in bothmen’s singlesand in doublesin the five-setWTT format.H i n g i s w i l lalso play forthe New York

Sportimes that evening as McEnroe’s teammember; they will be joined by veteranNew York Sportimes players RobertKendrick, Jesse Witten and AshleyHarkleroad, three of the standouts whohelped the squad reach the WorldTeamTennis finals in 2010.

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� July 18 vs. Philadelphia Freedoms, 7:00p.m. at Sportime/Randall’s Island(Sportimes–Martina Hingis)

� July 19 vs. Boston Lobsters, 7:00 p.m. atSportime/Randall’s Island (Sportimes–Hingis, McEnroe & Boston– Andre Agassi)

� July 23 vs. Washington Kastles, 7:30 p.m.at Albany/SEFCU Arena (Sportimes–Hingis & Washington–Venus Williams)

� July 24 vs. Boston Lobsters, 7:30 p.m. atAlbany/SEFCU Arena (Sportimes–Hingis& Boston–John Isner)

� July 25 vs. Washington Kastles, 7:00 p.m.at Sportime/Randall’s Island (Sportimes–Hingis & McEnroe)

Sportimes seekingvolunteers

Want to get involved?Are you ready to partic-ipate as a team mem-ber in a fast-paced

environment and assist in game opera-tions? Volunteering for the New YorkSportimes of the World Team Tennis Pro-fessional League during July 2012 willprovide you with valuable experienceand build your resume. It’s a competitiveworld out there, so why not get a leg up?Applicants will have the opportunity tobe hands-on and actively involved withthe staging of an exciting professionaltennis event.

Volunteers are needed for all home

matches on Randall’s Island on the follow-ing dates: July 10, 13, 18, 19 and 25. Matchtime for all games is 7:00 p.m. and volun-teer check-in time is 4:45 p.m.

For more information and to downloadan application, visit www.nysportimes.com.

Sportimes Fans Aimto Set World Recordat July 18 WTT Match

Ever wanted to help set a Guinness WorldRecord? Fans in attendance at the WorldTeamTennis matchup between the NewYork Sportimes and the PhiladelphiaFreedoms on July 18 at Sportime Sta-dium on Randall’s Island will have the op-portunity to take part in an attempt to set

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the official mark for “Most People Bounc-ing Tennis Balls on Tennis Rackets,” priorto the 7:00 p.m. match, which will featureformer world number one and Sportimesstar Martina Hingis.

Fans interested in participating shouldarrive at Sportime Stadium by 5:00 p.m.,wear tennis sneakers and bring theirrackets. Tennis balls will be provided. Allparticipants must purchase a ticket tothat evening’s World TeamTennis matchin order to participate.

Hingis, along with Sportime playersRobert Kendrick, Jesse Witten, AshleyHarkleroad and Sportimes Coach ChuckAdams, will lead the attempt, which willtake place on the Stadium Court.

The previous record of 658 wasachieved in advance of the U.S. Open atthe USTA Billie Jean King National TennisCenter in New York on Aug. 26, 2011.

In order to set the record, on the audi-ble signal, all contestants must bouncethe ball for a minimum of 10 seconds,using just the racket. Only those whomaintain the bounce in the air, withoutthe ball touching the ground for the full10 seconds, will be counted towards therecord.

Sportimes’ partners for 2012include USTA Eastern Section,GEICO, USTA, Wilson, Deco-Turf, Principal Funds,SPORTIME Clubs, Tennis.com,Arizon Tennis Domes, NY Or-thopedics, and Randall’s IslandPark Alliance.


The Jensen Brothers aregoing to bring it in Georgia!I am so excited to tell youthat Murphy and I are nowpart of the Sea Island Ex-perience! From 1990 when

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The team aspect, in the end, is criti-cal. Successful teams enjoy being onthe practice and match court together.Spending time with your doubles part-ner off the court in social situations cre-ates a bond that will help the teamperform well under pressure.

Great doubles tennis is played andwon with great team chemistry. Mybrother Murphy and I were so in tunethat I knew what shot he would hit be-fore he hit it based on the score andwhere on the court he was hitting from.By the end of our ATP careers, therewere only brief tactical discussionsfrom time to time after spendingdecades of meshing the team to aworld-class machine.

We had achieved what all greatteams are searching for … UNITY. Wethought, moved and played as one unit.We covered all areas of the court to thepoint where we became a wall aroundthe net. Murphy and I are now excitedabout teaching the doubles conceptand theory to achieve unity on the courtfor your team.

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Born in Grayling, Mich., Luke Jensen ishead coach of the Syracuse University

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Registration is done online atwww.ustaflex.com. Once registration isclosed, a schedule will be generated. Youwill receive a list of opponents and sug-gested “play by” dates. Once the matchis played, the scores are recorded online.

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Correction …In the May/June 2012 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine, a few names of the award recipients of the USTA Eastern LIRegion Annual Awards Winners were misspelled.

� Ron Rebhuhn (Westbury, N.Y.) was co-winner of the Vitas Gerulaitis For the Love of Tennis Award� Ken Coard (Suffolk) was the co-winner of the Adult Volunteer of the Year Award� Michael Ethan Rovner, Kelly Basdavanos, Sydney Menzin & Evan Landau were the winners from Glen Cove Cares

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Dr. Tom on Murphy’s Law in TennisBy Tom Ferraro, Ph.D.

Murphy’s Law applies to all things in life, es-pecially in sports. The perverse, the unex-pected and the unusual are always just aroundthe corner in any tennis tournament. A bad call,a double fault or a nasty remark betweenpoints are just part of the unexpected and un-scripted that may not kill you, but will oftencause you to lose a point, a set or a match.Tennis players are usually surprised when theunfortunate happens to them and this rattlescomposure and focus. The worst I ever wit-nessed was when David Ferrer lost his cool ina quarterfinals match at the Sony EricssonOpen last year. A baby would not stop cryingin the stands, and in anger, Ferrer hit a ball inthe baby’s direction to get him to stop. EitherDavid doesn’t like babies or he does not knowhow to deal with the unexpected. He went onto lose the match.

The cureThere’s no question that Murphy’s Law isvalid. You need to give up the fantasy that thedays’ tournament is going to go as planned. Itwill not. Here is how to prepare for the manysurprises that await you:

1) Prepare yourself for the event as much asyou can and always leave with plenty oftime to get to there. This will enable you tostay calm as you travel.

2) Shelter yourself from social and family con-tacts prior to any big match. Your friendsand family will be getting excited and thisenergy will serve to distract, make you morenervous and tire you out.

3) Always be ready for the unexpected duringplay. Expect your opponent to say some-thing nasty to you. Expect a bad call … ac-tually, expect many bad calls.

4) Do not be surprised if your opponent triesto cheat.

To be able to cope with these sudden mishaps,you must be ready for them and say something

like the following, “Okay, here it is. So be it! It’sover; I can’t do much about it now. Let it go. Justtake a great big breath and refocus.” Memorizethis mantra and post it on your refrigerator.

You are not immune to Murphy’s Law.Something will pop up before or during the nextbig match. If you know how to minimize thedamage and let it go like water off a duck’sback, you will stay focused and go on to win.

For consultations, treatment or on-site visits,contact Dr. Tom Ferraro Ph.D., sport psycholo-gist, by phone at (516) 248-7189, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.drtomferraro.com.

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Casey Dellacqua(@caseydellacqua):Bike riding in Brusselsto find the laundromat.

Ryan Harr ison(@ryanharrison92):Love waking up at6:30 a.m. in a hotelwith no air condi-tioning in a room

that’s so hot I can’t fall back asleep …

Carol ine Wozniacki(@carowozniacki): Timefor some food, a goodbook and to head downto the beach …

Lindsay Davenport(@ldavenport76): Huband I were lucky to bethere on the glass in 07when Ducks won the Cupand see some of our friends

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Novak Djokovic (@djok-ernole): Congrats to@RafaelNadal for incredi-ble run at Roland Garros.See you again soon ;)

Forbes: Five tennisstars among “MostPowerful” Celebrities

Five ATP andWTA proslanded at

various points on Forbes magazine’s list ofthe globe’s “100 Most Powerful Celebri-ties.” Their rankings: Roger Federer atnumber 31, Rafael Nadal at 47, MariaSharapova at 71, Serena Williams at 77,and Li Na at 87. Federer is considered thefourth most powerful athlete in the world,behind Tiger Woods, LeBron James andKobe Bryant. Tiger roars in at number 12.Jennifer Lopez tops the list, supplanting2011’s number one celeb, Lady Gaga.

Djokovic switches to UNIQLO

The world’s top ten-nis player, SerbianNovak Djokovic,ended his deal withclothing sponsor Ser-gio Tacchini. In an e-mailed statement tomedia, the clothing

company said, “It has been mutually andamicably decided that, as of the 2012Roland Garros Grand Slam, Novak Djokovicwill no longer be the brand ambassador.”Djokovic has inked a new five-year deal towear UNIQLO clothing. The partnership willalso include collaboration on future productlines, as well as co-developing the ultimateUNIQLO functional wear. A preview of thecollaboration’s first results will be seen atthe 2012 French Open, where Djokovic willdebut his newly-designed UNIQLO matchwear to spectators in Paris and to a world-wide TV audience.

Federer becomes a Man in Black

After Roger Federer won the Madrid Open,Will Smith came on the court and took themicrophone. He spoke in Spanish about


Federer’s win and also how he was giv-ing Roger his suit for his summer block-buster, “Men in Black III.” This was allbecause of a press tour that Will andJada Smith are doing to promote “Men inBlack III”.

Serena releases rap song

Serena Williams is now a rapper? Shemade her debut with a brand new song, aone-minute-long track recorded at theFlorida studio of her friend, BryantMcKinnie of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.The unnamed track is about winning andSerena’s self-proclaimed dominance onthe court. She even gives a shout out tofrozen pizza and “beats so good they’llblow ‘ya speakers.”

Argentina’s JuanIgnacio Chela’s “Top-10 Ways YouKnow You’re a WTA Tour Player”

10. It is crucial to pro-duce 100 millime-ters of tears a day,on average.

9. The sound whenyou hit the ballexceeds 1,500decibels.

8. At some point in your career, you’ll havean acne attack.

7. Before serving, you turn your back tothe court and fix your strings for 20 sec-onds.

6. You never practice with other WTA players.5. When your coach comes on court to talk

to you, you look elsewhere.4. You must hang a stuffed animal on your

racquet bag.3. From the quarterfinals on, you come on

court with makeup.

2. You hate all of your colleagues.And … the top reason you know you’re aWTA Tour player is …1. At the end of the match, you wave like

Miss Universe.

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By Lisa Dodson

Keep your head up! You’relate! Snap your wrist!Watch the ball!These common tennis

phrases are actually meaningless on theirown, but we hear and use them all of thetime. A book could be written about eachone. The most abused phrase shouted bypros and used by players when failing is,“Watch the ball,” but what does that actu-ally mean?

Most players think that you are sup-posed to watch the ball at all times when itis in play, and most pros actually reinforcethis behavior. It is simply not true. In fact,visually letting go of the ball is a skill in it-self that must be learned and practiced.

So what’s the real scoop? When do wewatch the ball? When do we visually let goof the ball? Let’s break it down into somehard facts:

When TO watch the ballA player needs to see the origin of the hit.This is the opponent’s strike of the ball on

their racket. They need to follow the ball onits trajectory over the net to the bounce ontheir side (for a groundstroke) and as closeto point of contact on their racket as possi-ble. This seems simple, but due to manyvariables, few of us actually do it. We don’tsee the origin of the hit and begin reacting“late,” which gives us less time for move-ment and preparation to strike our own ball.Then, the ball is watched part of the way tothe bounce and is lost. We try to pick upsight again somewhere after the bounce tocontact point. We may as well have oureyes closed when the opponent is strikingthe ball, open them for part of the flight,close them again when the ball is bouncingand open them for contact.

When NOT to watch the ballAfter you have struck your ball and it is onits way forward, you STOP watching it andstart watching your opponent. You are hit-ting the ball with intent, direction and pur-pose so you generally know where it isgoing. If you follow your opponent’s move-ment, they will tell you where your ball is bymoving to it. In this way, you can gather in-

formation about their balance, position tothe ball, racket position and shot selection.This visual information will give you whatyou need to respond quickly and to thebest of your ability.

The most critical point in time concern-ing judging what a ball is going to do, howit will travel and how it will act when it hitsthe ground comes from seeing the oppo-nent. It is generally said that one needs to“read the ball” which is a very complextask. The “reading” starts from visual in-formation available at the opponent’s hit,not from seeing the ball flying towardsyou and magically being able to see whatit will do. If a player is still watching theflight of their ball and where it is landing,they miss all of the critical informationthat the opponent is giving them. Playersneed to watch everything about the waytheir opponent approaches a ball, andhow their racket is prepared to gain infor-mation about the hit.

Let’s look at three common point playsituations and general responses to them.If you are watching your ball bounce andnot your opponent, you will miss seeingthe clear signs that will help you handlethese balls:

1. If an opponent is running laterally orforward and is reaching and stretchingfor a ball, it will not have power. Thisfact tells us that we should start tak-ing a few steps forward to be able toeasily handle the short ball. What it

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“The most critical point in timeconcerning judging what a ballis going to do, how it will traveland how it will act when it hitsthe ground comes from seeing

the opponent.”


won’t tell us is exactly where it is going:Left, right, high or low. If you are headedforward, you’ll be able to handle anyball that is coming.

2. If you hit a high deep ball, the opponentis backing up and on their back foot youcan probably expect an attempt at ahigh return. In this position, they cannotdrive, so their ball may be weak or theymay get lucky and launch a high one. Ineither case, this information will helpyou to respond.

3. If the opponent is setting up for a fore-hand or backhand and looks balancedand calm, you should be prepared fortheir drive. If you’ve been paying atten-tion, you will have seen what their“best” strokes look like and what typeof shot to expect. You may not knowexactly what the ball will do, but you’llprepare to receive a drive. You will knownothing if you don’t see the position ofthe opponent.

The bottom line is this …Watch the ball fully and accurately for 50percent of the point play. Watch it ascarefully as you can when it is travelingtowards you from the opponent’s hit,through the flight, to the bounce and toyour contact point. Visually, leave it aloneafter you have hit it and shift your focusto your opponent. You can then begin togather information about what your op-ponent can and can’t do, or what they areattempting to do. You will still see the ballin the “big picture,” but it will not be yourfocal point. If you are watching your balltravel from your hit to the bounce on theopposite side, you are not seeing what isimportant: The balance and position ofthe opponent, their physical relationshipto the ball and the position of their racket.Test this out yourself next time you are onthe court. Discover what you REALLY do.Make massive improvements in yourgame by changing your visual focus, notyour strokes.

Lisa Dodson is owner of The Total Serve, aUSPTA Pro 1, and a formerly WTA world-ranked player. She may be reached by e-mail at [email protected] or visitwww.thetotalserve.com.

Gijon, Spain to Host the Davis Cup Semifinal

The Spanish Tennis Federation has announced that the Davis Cup by BNPParibas World Group Semifinal between the U.S. and Spain will be held on anoutdoor red clay court at the Parque Hermanos Castro in Gijon, Spain. Thesemifinal tie will be held Sept. 14-16.

The U.S. and Spain have met 10 times in Davis Cup play, with the seriestied at five wins a piece. Spain defeated the U.S. in the 2011 quarterfinal inAustin, Texas, and in the 2008 semifinal on red clay in Madrid, Spain. The U.S.last beat Spain in the 2007 quarterfinal on an indoor hard court in Winston-Salem, N.C., en route to capturing its record 32nd Davis Cup title. The U.S.is undefeated in three road ties under U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier—all of which have been played on red clay—including wins over Switzerlandand France in 2012.

Should the U.S. defeat Spain in the semifinals, it will advance to the DavisCup Final for the first time since winning the title in 2007, and would eitherhost the Czech Republic or travel to Argentina.

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golfer, Ed didn’t take up tennis until the age of 28, but becamea ranked senior player from the 35s to, most recently, numberone in the 60s. After teaching with Vitas Gerulaitis Sr., Ed be-came the tennis director at Old Westbury Country Club. Hewas athletic director at SUNY Old Westbury College, where heinstituted and coached their first women’s varsity tennis pro-gram. In their third year, the women’s team won the HudsonValley AC Championship. Ed was tennis director at the TamO’Shanter Club and was the only coach in Nassau County his-tory to coach high school teams to both the boys and girlschampionships in the same academic year, with two differentschools—Cold Spring High School Girls in the fall of 2004 andRoslyn High School Boys in the spring of 2005. Ed is currentlythe racket sports specialist at Hofstra University and a pro-fessor of physical education and sport sciences at QueensCollege.

Ed Wolfarth of Syosset, N.Y. received theHy Zausner Lifetime Achievement in Ten-

nis Award from the USTA Eastern Long IslandRegion at its Annual Awards Dinner in May.This award is the Long Island Region’s high-est honor.

Ed has been one of Long Island’s mostdedicated volunteers, both as a member ofthe USTA Eastern Long Island Region

Board, which he currently serves as Grievance Committee Chair,and as a tireless volunteer at events such as the Fire Island BreastCancer Tennis Fundraiser, 10 & Under clinics and workshops,Long Island Kids Day, Long Island Corporate Challenge, Long Is-land Corporate Tennis Fundraiser, USPTA workshops, Pro-AmFundraisers and more.

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USTA Eastern Long Island Region Profile: Ed Wolfarth

The CTC program brings together topjuniors, ages 10-14, for competitive train-ing opportunities that motivate and en-courage all to develop to their highest

competitive level. CTC helps young players develop competitiveskills without worrying about rankings. The CTC program, whichsupplements players’ training schedules and is not intended toreplace any aspect of their regular training, each year assistsabout 2,000 players nationwide. Local training sites this yearare Pointset, Robbie Wagner, World Gym, Deer Park Tennis &Fitness and Locust Valley.

Ten Long Island Competition Training Center (CTC) programmembers represented the USTA Eastern Long Island Region

at the Eastern Section Rally Day at the U.S. Military Academy atWest Point: Kaitlyn Byrnes, Trinity Chow, Melissa Cooney,Ariana Fixon-Owoo, Ben Grossman, Eric Li, Madison Li, DanielMeinster, Sujay Sharma and Sohrob Yavari, along with coachesSteve Abbondondelo and Pat Breen.

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more information or to register your NJTL chapter or CTA to at-tend, please call Terry Fontana at (516) 822-8711 or e-mail [email protected]. There is no charge to attend.

The NJTL network is a nationwide group of more than 600 non-profit youth development organizations that provide free or low-cost tennis, education and life skills programming to more than250,000 children each year. NJTL develops the character of youngpeople by emphasizing the ideals and life of co-founder ArthurAshe. While NJTLs vary in size and programming, this growing net-work shares a commitment to positive youth development, the im-portance of education and tennis as a lifetime sport.

The USTA Eastern Long Island Region Kids Day benefitting theUSTA National Junior Tennis & Learning (NJTL) Program has

been scheduled for Friday, July 13. Long Island juniors are en-couraged to don their sneakers (racquets and balls will be sup-plied) and join the fun at the Malverne High School tennis courts,located at 80 Ocean Avenue in Malverne, N.Y. The event is opento Nassau NJTL Chapters and Community Tennis Associations(CTAs).

The day’s events, which run from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., will in-clude USTA 10 & Under lessons for newcomers to the sport,games for older players, a pizza lunch, prizes and t-shirts. For

Long Island Region Kids Day approaching

Region supports Cancer Society fundraiser

The USTA Eastern Long Island Region brought its 10 &Under tennis courts, kid-sized equipment and local pros to

the Bellmore-Merrick Relay for Life to help support the annualAmerican Cancer Society fundraiser. This event was a fun-filledfamily evening with lots of activities, music, games, raffles andmore. The organization’s largest fundraiser, the Relay for Lifeevent remembers those lost to cancer and celebrates the livesof those who have won their battles or who are currently fight-ing cancer.



automated external defibrillators (AED) and to ensure that theselife-saving devices are available and accessible at every youthsporting event.

Long Island Region pros and local high school tennis teammembers contributed their time to give lessons to tennis new-comers. Forever 9 has been very supportive of the Long Island Re-gion, hosting AED/CPR training sessions at area clubs and evendonating an AED.

The 7th Annual Robbie’s Run was the place to be for 10 &Under tennis players, as the USTA Eastern Long Island Re-

gion brought its kid-sized courts, equipment and pros to the 5Kroad race in Merrick. Robbie’s Run was created in 2005 follow-ing the tragic death of nine-year-old Robbie Levine on a LittleLeague field. Thousands of people attended the Run to showtheir support for the goals of Forever 9-The Robbie LevineFoundation, which are to educate the public about the need for

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On May 9, the USTA Eastern Long Island Region AnnualAwards Dinner was held at Crest Hollow Country Club inWoodbury, N.Y. There were more than 300 in attendance

to honor all of the award recipients for all of their hard workon behalf of the tennis community over the past year. Topplayer awards were given in all divisions, along with specialawards recognizing others for their efforts and contributionsto the local tennis community. Congratulations to the follow-ing award winners and many thanks to the sponsors listedbelow as well for their generous support.

USTA Eastern Long Island Region Honors Players and Coaches at Annual Dinner

USTA Eastern Long IslandRegion Board Members

gather for a photo

Claude Okin, CEOof Sportime andrecipient of theUSTA EasternCorporate Award,speaks to theaward recipients

Josh Levine (center), 2011New York State and NassauCounty Boy’s SinglesChampion, accepts hisaward

The Rose Buck ScalamandreTennis Family of the Year Awardwas given to the Mintz Family ofRoslyn, N.Y.

Ron D’Alessandro, winner ofthe USTA Eastern LI Region

Tennis Professional of theYear Award

Kaitlyn Byrnes (right), theUSTA Eastern LI Region Girls12s Awards Winner, iscongratulated by USTA EasternLI Region President DanielBurgess (left)

A SilentAuction washeld to benefitvarious USTA-relatedcharities


� Division A: Todd Cox defeated Paul J.Sullivan 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

� Division B: Atif Moon defeated RicardoCorral 6-3, 6-3

� Division C: Wayne Bennett defeatedTroy Eap 6-2, 6-1

� Division D: Rodolfo Guevara defeatedAndre Lambert 8-6

Doubles� Open Division: Stephen Welch & John

Becker defeated Rafael Medeiros &Daniel A. Rodriques 6-2, 6-2

� Division A: Kevin Green & Todd Coxdefeated Chris Herman & Richard Lane6-3, 6-3

� Division B: Atif Moon & Jerry Russeldefeated Jose Gomez & David J. Kelly6-2, 2-6, 6-3

� Division C: Troy Eap & Michael J.Sullivan defeated Wayne Bennett & AlanSalceda 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

� Division D: Rodolfo Guevara &Estephen Santiago defeated AndreLambert & John Robert 8-4

Adam Wolfthal is the director of busi-ness development for New York TennisMagazine. Adam is a former DowlingCollege men’s tennis player. He may bereached by e-mail at [email protected].

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The 12th Annual Jana Hunsaker Me-morial Wheelchair Tennis Tourna-ment was held from June 7-10 at the

USTA Billie Jean King National TennisCenter. Jana Hunsaker was the director ofthe wheelchair tennis program at the Flush-ing Meadows-Corona Park center until herdeath in 2000. She ran weekly clinics, as wellas the annual tournament, which have bothsince been taken over by Aki Takayama, thecurrent director of the event.

Players from three continents were rep-resented in both the Singles and DoublesMain Draw. In addition to the Open Draw,there are four Divisions, A through D, eachwith its own draw, as well as a round-robinQuad Draw in each discipline.

The Men’s Doubles Open final roundwas played between John E. Becker, aQueens, N.Y. native currently residing inBoca Raton, Fla. & Stephen Welch of Ar-lington, Texas against the Brazilian team ofRafael Medeiros & Daniel A. Rodriques,with the American duo of Becker & Welchcoming out on top, 6-2, 6-2.

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By Lonnie Mitchel

Iam writing this articlewhile sitting in front ofthe TV watching Rafael

Nadal carve up DavidFerrer in the semifinals of the 2012French Open. I cannot even imaginewhat it is like to play at such a high level.The talent these top players have is offthe charts compared to the average

player. Maybe I just stated the obvious,but watching these super human beingscompete at such a high level is hard toeven comprehend.

The difference in the level of playfrom the top of collegiate tennis is still afar cry from the top professionals. How-ever, “when” are we going to give creditto the players in college who sacrificetheir time at school just for the joy ofcompeting on a tennis court? “When”

are we going to acknowledge the tennisplayers in college who, after their prac-tices and workouts, have to go to studyand be successful not only on the courtbut in the classroom? “When” are wegoing to acknowledge that these menand women, for the love of the game,play in cold and windy conditions out-doors in March, while many club levelplayers will complain if their indoorcourts are two degrees off from perfectconditions, even though there is no sun,wind and cold to deal with. “When” arewe going to acknowledge that thesemen and women simply just want toplay competitive tennis, and in order todo so, sit in a van for four or five hourstraveling to and from other colleges justso they can play a match.

Nobody is forcing these young menand women to do this other than thedesire of being part of an NCAA colle-giate tennis team. “When” do we ac-knowledge many of these talentedathletes who play second fiddle to thefootball, basketball, lacrosse and soc-cer players because tennis simply, inthe majority of cases, continues to op-erate under a radar screen like oursport does in most high schools.

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“When” do we applaud tennis playersfor their mental toughness which helpsthem later in life as it relates to perse-verance. “When” does this all happen?

Recently, I finished coaching the menand women’s tennis team during my in-augural season at SUNY Oneonta. Inever met so many dedicated youngmen and women, not only on my team,but from many teams across the coun-try. These men and women play tennisfor the love of the game and play theirmatches before sparse crowds becausetennis, as far as the layman is con-cerned, just does not strike the fancy ofthe average sports fan. They play theirhearts out, and in most cases, the onlyaccolades they get are from theirschool and teammates. I know howhard they work and they will be re-warded. They will be rewarded becausethey learned to dedicate themselves toa cause and learned many life’s skillsthrough tennis which will help them tosucceed in life and ward off any chal-lenges that may be thrown their way.

I was recently contacted by somestudent athletes from another local uni-versity who eliminated their varsity ten-nis programs. These student/athleteswere looking to gain admission andplay for SUNY Oneonta. Is it alwaysabout money? I say “shame on thislocal college and do not even try to ra-tionalize your decision.” I will alwaysquestion that, when the sole purpose of

a college is to help pre-pare men and womenfor life after gradua-tion, they will actu-ally eliminate tennisfrom their varsitysport offerings.Te n n i s , a s w eknow, is the gamethat can be playedfor a lifetime …business and pro-fessional relation-ships can developas a byproduct.

I am not sure if I ameven writing this articleto the correct audiencebecause I suspect most ofour readers do understand. Itis the non-tennis players who donot get it, right? The best players inthe world … I applaud you for your tal-ent. The collegiate and high school ten-nis player also do some extraordinarythings both on and off the court. Let’sapplaud these efforts as well. However,if you are an ambassador of our gameand if you are reading this, you are nowappointed as such whether you like it ornot. Stand up, be proud of the gameyou play and let the world know whatyou do in your spare time. “When” youdo that you change the world and caninfluence the next potential collegiateplayer or parent. Yes, you change the

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In September of 2010, John McEnroeopened the John McEnroe Tennis Acad-emy (JMTA) in New York City at the

Sportime Randall’s Island Tennis Centerin Manhattan. Sportime Randall’s Islandis the flagship location for the Academyand for Sportime’s 13 clubs. The JohnMcEnroe Tennis Academy was estab-lished to develop world-class players byexciting the local tennis scene in NewYork, especially kids, about the game oftennis. Another major purpose of theJMTA is to provide opportunities to mo-tivated and deserving young players,who would not otherwise have the re-sources, to reach their full potential asplayers and/or scholar-athletes.

John’s passion and belief is that greatplayers can be developed in urban set-tings, while still having the opportunity tolive at home, pursue their educational

goals, and participate in a variety ofsports and extracurricular activities.Through community outreach, JMTAworks to recruit the most talented andmotivated young athletes in the GreaterNew York Metropolitan area and beyond.

Starting in September 2012, JMTA willexpand its geographic reach to Long Is-land with the opening of the John McEn-roe Tennis Academy in Bethpage, N.Y.,centrally located on Long Island and fea-turing a six-court indoor facility that haslong-served as Sportime’s high-perfor-mance training center. Another JMTA lo-cation, Sportime Lake Isle, an eight-courtoutdoor club that Sportime recentlyspent $5 million re-building into a state-of-the art year-round facility in Eastch-ester, New York in lower Westchester isset to open in September as well.

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had a chance to sit down with Claude Okin,Sportime CEO; Eric Fromm, managing di-rector of Long Island and Westchester andchief revenue officer for Sportime;Lawrence Kleger, executive director of ten-nis at Sportime; Mark McEnroe, chief cor-porate development officer of Sportime;and Mike Kossoff, Sportime’s regional di-rector of tennis to discuss this newest en-deavor and what the JMTA hopes to bringto the Long Island tennis community.

What opportunities does JMTA pro-vide to local kids/players?JMTA will provide a world-class acad-emy setting without asking a youngplayer to leave his/her family or localschool system. It will provide the oppor-tunity to interact with by arguably thegreatest competitor in the history of oursport, New York’s own John McEnroe.John has chosen, and will lead, a teamof world-class directors, assistant direc-tors and coaches, both at the new JMTAannex sites, and at the JMTA flagshipRandall’s Island site. It will make schol-arship money available to JMTA playerswho show promise and who have need.

When are the new JMTA facilitiesopening for instruction?The first week in September, 2012, JMTAprograms will commence at SportimeBethpage and at Lake Isle in Westch-ester, N.Y. JMTA programs will take placeseven days a week, from 4:00 p.m.-8:00p.m. Mondays-Fridays and from noon-4:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.There will also be private coaching ses-sions for JMTA students around those

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hours, in addition to off-court training andJMTA coaching at most local and NationalUSTA tournaments.

When will you start accepting ap-plications?Applications are available online now and canbe downloaded at www.sportimeny.com. Foradditional information or personal assistance,contact Mike Kossoff, director of JMTA pro-grams at Bethpage, by e-mail at [email protected].

What will make the JMTA stand outfrom other facilities on Long Island?Longtime Sportime Director of TennisLawrence Kleger, who was recently se-lected by Johnny Mac as the director ofJMTA, created an elite program atSportime Bethpage that is already one ofthe nation’s best, but with the transition tothe John McEnroe Tennis Academy, we aretaking it to a whole new level. Not only willwe have an enhanced and diversifiedteaching and coaching staff, but we arealso going to be inspired by John’s visionand passion, which will make each player’sexperience that much stronger. John man-dates that his programs have a maximum4:1 player to coach ratio; this means moretime playing and hitting. John also believesin an overall schedule philosophy thatmixes group training and private lessons.He requires all JMTA players to play in atleast two group sessions per week, butmost JMTA players have the desire to playin more. Each JMTA player will receive a

“player package” that includes a GrandSlam style JMTA player credential, a Dart-fish video technology stroke analysis andNike JMTA gear. The JMTA is the real dealfor serious junior players.

The McEnroe Academy differs frommany academies around the world inthat it is non-residential. What arethe positives of that?John became the world’s number oneplayer training with Harry Hopman andTony Palafox right here on Long Island, andmore world-class American players werecreated at that time on Long Island than inany other time in history. John’s goal is totranslate his experience for today’s youngplayers. It has been well-documented thatresidential academies do not work formany young people. John’s belief is thatgreat players can be developed in urbansettings, while still having the opportunityto live at home, pursue their educationalgoals, and participate in a variety of ex-tracurricular activities. John thinks thatNew York-based players can be the bestin the world, and we think that Mac pos-sesses the ability to make good playersbetter and to make very good playersgreat!

Are there any amenities that arebeing added to Sportime Bethpage inpreparation for the arrival of theJMTA?A major renovation of the facility is beingdone in time for the JMTA launch. This will

include: An upgraded and expanded lobbyarea with additional viewing; the addition ofcourt-side viewing for the “back courts;”new junior computer/homework lounge;new locker rooms; new functional trainingand fitness room for 1:1 and small grouptraining

Who will be coaching at the JMTABethpage location?Lawrence Kleger will be joined by MikeKossoff, regional director of tennis forSportime Bethpage and Syosset, and thenew director of tennis for JMTA Bethpage;and Jay Harris, Bethpage’s regional man-ager and former head men’s tennis coachat Brown University, will be joined byworld-renowned assistant directors fromJMTA at Randall’s Island’s, to direct theJMTA programs at Bethpage. These direc-tors, along with a mix of the top coachesalready working with our elite players atBethpage, and some of John’s best prosfrom Randall’s Island, will all be supportingour new JMTA program at Bethpage. Thisis a staff, the quality and diversity of whichother top academies in the country wouldbe truly envious.

What level of player are you look-ing for?Only serious-minded and accomplishedjuniors will be getting invitations and/oracceptances to join the JMTA, so thelevel of play and effort will be unlike any-

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thing else in our region. That does notmean you have to already be a nation-ally-ranked player. Developmental JMTAwill provide a pathway to train like aworld-class player and to work towardsadmission to the highest level JMTAsessions and coaching.

How often will John be visiting/coach-ing in Bethpage?John expects to be at the JMTA annexesabout once a month, and to schedulethose visits so he gets to see all JMTA par-ticipants over the course of each JMTAsession. JMTA players who directors andcoaches feel would benefit from more 1:1time with John, will be invited to train atRandall’s Island one or more days a week,in addition to at their home JMTA sites.

What are the main teaching points ofthe JMTA and what would be themission statement of the Academy?The mission of JMTA is to develop

world-class players from the greaterNew York area and to excite New York-ers, especially kids about the great andlife-changing game of tennis. The JMTAwill develop sound technical players,who are prepared to compete well on allsurfaces, with a special focus on thetactical and strategic aspects of thegame. John always explains how tennisis a problem-solving game, and that heplayed chess growing up and broughtthat sensibility to his construction ofpoints. JMTA students will not just learnhow to strike balls, but will learn how toplay the game of tennis, how to con-struct points and how to win matches.

Who are players at the JMTA thathave produced the best results sofar?We have had an excellent year of tour-nament results at JMTA. Noah Rubin(age 16) played his first ITF tournamentin October, made it to the finals, and is

now the 17th-ranked junior in the world.He will be a threat at the French Open,Wimbledon and U.S. Open junior events,where he will be a main draw player.Jamie Loeb just won the singles anddoubles title at the ITF in Delray Beach,Fla. Jamie (age 17) also accomplishedthe same feat at the G18 Winter Nation-als in Arizona. Jessica Golovin (age 14)reached the semis of the G16 EasterBowl and has had great results on theG18 ITF Circuit over the last six weeks.At the last Sectional Closed, of the eighttournament winners, four of them wereJMTA students. We are also very proudof our first JMTA Graduating Class. Ourtop B18s will be attending and compet-ing for the following schools: PrincetonUniversity, University of Pennsylvania,Duke University, Columbia University,Amherst College, University of Virginia,Wake Forest University, Tufts University,Washington University-St. Louis andMichigan State University.

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USTA Eastern has announced the ap-pointment of Jill Fonte as the Sec-tion’s new executive director. Fonte

will lead the Section as it places a newemphasis on growing tennis participationamong players of all ages and abilities.For the past 12 years, Fonte has workedas an executive coach, consultant andspeaker, providing a wide range of lead-ership training to corporations, includingselling and customer service, strategicplanning, and executive presence. Earlierin her career, Jill served as executive di-rector of the United States RacquetStringers Association (USRSA), a tradeorganization that provides education andcertification to racquet techniciansacross the country. During her 18 yearsat the USRSA, she introduced a range ofnew training materials and programs andoversaw the organization’s growth tomore than 7,000 members.

“I am very excited to lead Easternthrough this transition,” said Fonte. “The

new charge from the Board of Directorsto increase tennis participation is atremendous opportunity, and will open up

new and creative ways for the section’soutstanding staff and volunteers to growthe game.”

Fonte has also been a USTA volunteerfor several years, serving as a memberand president of the USTA Middle StatesBoard of Directors, as chair of USTA’sTennis Innovation Committee, and as amember of the USTA’s National Strate-gic Planning and Budget & FinanceCommittees.

“Jill has outstanding experience as aleader and teacher, and understands howto develop the partnerships and pro-grams we need to grow participation,”said Jeff Williams, president of USTAEastern. “We are very excited to have heron board and look forward to workingwith her.”

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Getting a Handle on GripsBy Daniel Kresh

In my opinion, many club play-ers do not fully appreciate thepotential benefits of varyinggrips to help produce and deal

with a robust arsenal of shots. The moderngame of tennis has racket technology andcourt surfaces that allow for increasinglyhigher bounces and the player to impart morespin than ever before. With the higherbounces, ground stroke grips tend to be mov-ing more western, which allows for a highercontact point further out in front than othergrips, and more easily produces topspin.

If you take a look at the handle of a tennisracket, you will notice that rather than beingrounded, there are eight bevels around the han-dle. By placing the knuckle of your index fingeron different bevels, you change the angle of theracket face. The angle of the racket face signif-icantly impacts the spin you can impart on theball and the ideal contact point.

If you hold a racket by the head in front ofyou in your dominant hand with the handlepointing down with your fingers on the outsideside of the strings and your thumb on the in-side and then slide your hand down the han-dle, you will have the Continental Grip. For aright-handed player, this would be mean yourindex finger’s knuckle is on the second bevelgoing clockwise from the top (lefties are coun-terclockwise.). This grip is often called the“Hammer Grip” and is a classic and versatilegrip. In the modern game, the Continental Gripis often used for serves/volleys/half-volleys/overheads/slice/drop shots, in fact,John McEnroe used it for every shot. InMcEnroe’s days, the lower bounce allowedthis to also be a viable grip for groundstrokes,but the groundstroke strike zone for Conti-nental is very low and it is a difficult grip to pro-duce topspin on groundstrokes with.

If you rotate one more bevel (righties clock-

wise, lefties counterclockwise) to the thirdbevel, this is the Eastern Forehand Grip, onemore over to the fourth bevel is the Semi-Western Grip, and the fifth or bottom bevelwould be the Western Grip and a full 135 de-grees away from the Continental Grip. Basi-cally, as you move away from a ContinentalGrip, the racquet face will close (begin to rotateforward) slightly making the contact point a lit-tle higher, a little further in front, and topspin alittle easier. The Eastern forehand grip used tobe the predominant grip in the low bouncinggrass court days but is now a rarity in themodern professional game. Most playerstoday have Semi-Western or Western fore-hands and play with a two-handed backhand.There are many combinations possible for thetwo-handed backhand, but oftentimes, thenon-dominant hand will be in a Semi- or Full-Western Grip.

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Daniel Kresh is a USPTA-certified tennis pro-fessional who recently accepted the positionsof director of junior tennis and assistant tennisprofessional at the Three Village Tennis Clubin Setauket, N.Y. He is also the assistant pro-fessional at The Port Jefferson Country Clubat Harbor Hills. He may be reached by e-mailat [email protected].


ically. Overhydration is the other extreme andit can decrease your athletic performance. Toomuch fluid will cause the electrolyte concen-tration in the body to become overly diluted,thus compromising athletic performance.

Finding your fluid/electrolyte balance iskey to sustaining long and multiplematches. Your hydration zone is the perfectlevel at which you perform your best. Hereare some tips on how to keep your body’sfluid and electrolytes better-balanced:

Check your weight before andafter playing tennisTwo percent of body weight lost after aprolonged match is normal, but proper re-hydration must be followed in order to cor-rectly replenish.

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By Irina Belfer-Lehat

Staying balanced with fluidsand electrolytes is a key con-cern to every competitive

athlete. Very common complaints such asfatigue and cramps could be easilyavoided if properly-hydrated, especiallyduring the hot and humid summer months.

Water is the number one ingredient everycell and tissue of the body needs in order tosurvive. The fluids that circulate throughoutyour body dissolve minerals known as elec-trolytes. Electrolytes help properly regulate thefluid levels inside and between cells, and arevital for the proper functioning of your cells,tissues and muscles. It is very important for atennis player to know how much to drink be-fore, during and after the match.

Dehydration can force your heart to workharder, your core body temperature rises, andas a result, your performance will fall dramat-

quate hydration. A darker urine (color of anapple juice), suggests that more fluids areneeded.

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There has been a lot of talk about the re-structuring of the USTA League for next sea-son. The restructuring is for the Men’s andWomen’s Leagues while the mixed is un-changed. The League will now be an 18-and-Over Division which will be two courts ofsingles and three courts of doubles at the3.0-4.5 Levels, and one court of singles andtwo courts of doubles at the 2.5 and 5.0 Lev-els (same as we have now). There will be a40-and-Over Division which will be played ontwo courts of singles and three courts of dou-bles at the 3.0-4.5 Levels. There is no 2.5 or5.0 Level in the 40-plus Division. Forty-plusplayers would have to play these levels in the18-plus Division. There will be a 55-and-Over

Division which will be played as three courtsof doubles using combined ratings and willrun at the 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 and 9.0 Levels.

The new twist is that the highest level in adivision which would be 5.0 in the 18-and-Over, and 4.5 in the 40-and-Over Division ispermitted to have two players one levelabove on their team. You can have two 5.5players on a 5.0 team in the 18-and-Over Di-vision and two 5.0 players on a 4.5 team inthe 40-and-Over Division. I do not know allthe details yet as far as if there will be restric-tions to where in the lineup they play, etc., butwill let everyone know as soon as I know.

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2012 Boys High School Nassau & Suffolk

SEASON RECAP

2012 Nassau CountyBoys High SchoolTeam ResultsConference INassau County Champion—Cold Spring Harbor

PlayoffsGreat Neck North defeated Port Washing-ton in a third place playoff match(Second vs. third place playoffs)(A) Great Neck North 4–Syosset 3(B) Friends Academy 5–Long Beach 2

SemifinalsCold Spring Harbor 5–Friends Academy 2Hewlett 4–Great Neck North 2

FinalsCold Spring Harbor 5–Hewlett 2

Conference I-A Final RecordsCold Spring Harbor............................11-1Syosset ..............................................10-2Great Neck North ................................8-5Port Washington ..................................7-6Great Neck South ................................5-7North Shore ......................................2-10Jericho ..............................................0-12

Conference I-B Final RecordsHewlett ..............................................11-1Friends Academy ................................8-4Long Beach ........................................8-4Roslyn..................................................7-5Plainview JFK ......................................6-6Manhasset ........................................2-10Herricks ............................................0-12

Conference IIChampion—Wheatley

Playoffs(Second vs. third place playoffs)(A) Lynbrook 6–Massapequa 1(B) Bellmore 6–Garden City 1

SemifinalsWheatley 4–Lynbrook 3 Oceanside 4–Bellmore 3

FinalsWheatley 6–Oceanside 1

Conference II-A Final RecordsWheatley..............................................9-0Bellmore JFK ......................................7-3Garden City..........................................6-4East Meadow ......................................5-5Calhoun ..............................................1-7Clarke ..................................................0-7

Conference II-B Final RecordsOceanside..........................................10-0Lynbrook..............................................7-3Massapequa ........................................6-4South Side ..........................................5-5Farmingdale ........................................1-9Wantagh ..............................................1-9

Conference IIIChampion—Valley Stream Central

PlayoffsSemifinalsMepham 5–Locust Valley 2Valley Stream Central 6–Valley Stream South 1

FinalsValley Stream Central 4–Mepham 3

Conference III Final RecordsMepham ............................................12-2Valley Stream Central ........................12-2Valley Stream South ..........................10-4Locust Valley........................................9-5Carle Place ..........................................5-9New Hyde Park....................................5-9Hicksville............................................2-12Oyster Bay ........................................1-13

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SEASON RECAPConference IVConference IV-AChampion—Glen Cove

IV-A PlayoffsSemifinalsPlainedge 4–MacArthur 3Glen Cove 4–Sewanhaka/Carey 3

FinalsGlen Cove 4–Plainedge 3

Conference IV-BChampion—Freeport

IV-B PlayoffsSemifinalsUniondale 4–West Hempstead 3 Freeport 4–Division 3

FinalsFreeport 4–Uniondale 3

Conference IV-A Final RecordsSewanhaka/Carey..............................12-2Plainedge ..........................................11-3MacArthur ..........................................10-4Glen Cove..........................................10-3Lawrence ..........................................3-10Bethpage ............................................5-9Valley Stream North ..........................3-11Baldwin..............................................2-12

Conference IV-B Final RecordsFreeport ............................................13-0Uniondale ..........................................11-2West Hempstead ................................6-6Hempstead ..........................................5-7Levittown Division................................6-7 Malverne/East Rockaway ....................1-7Roosevelt ............................................0-9

2012 Suffolk CountyBoys High SchoolTeam ResultsLeague IHalf Hollow Hills East ........................15-0Walt Whitman ....................................10-5Commack ..........................................12-5Harborfields ........................................9-7Half Hollow Hills West..........................8-7Northport ............................................7-9

League IISmithtown East ................................10-3Huntington ..........................................9-3Smithtown West ..................................6-6Elwood/John Glenn ............................6-8Kings Park ........................................3-11Hauppauge ........................................0-14

League IIIBay Shore ..........................................13-2Sayville ................................................8-7West Islip ............................................8-6Islip ......................................................7-6East Islip ..............................................5-9Connetquot........................................3-11

League IVNorth Babylon....................................13-4Deer Park ............................................8-5Central Islip..........................................8-6Brentwood ..........................................8-8West Babylon ......................................5-8Lindenhurst........................................1-13Babylon..............................................1-11

League VWard Melville ....................................15-0Patchogue-Medford ..........................12-3Bayport-Blue Point ............................12-5Mt. Sinai ..............................................7-8Sachem East ......................................5-9Stony Brook ......................................0-13

League VIMiller Place ..........................................9-3Comsewogue ....................................10-4Sachem North......................................5-5Bellport ................................................5-5Port Jefferson ....................................1-14Middle Country ....................................1-9

League VIIRoss ..................................................11-4Westhampton ....................................10-6William Floyd ......................................8-7Southampton ......................................6-6East Hampton/BH/Pier ........................6-8Eastport/South Manor ......................3-11Shoreham/Wading River....................1-13

League VIIIMattituck............................................12-0Longwood............................................9-5Rocky Point ........................................9-4Center Moriches ..................................7-5Hampton Bays ....................................3-9Southold/Greenpoint ..........................3-9Riverhead ..........................................0-12

Nassau County BoysTennis Tournament Top three finishers represented NassauCounty at the 2012 NYSPHSAA Boys Ten-nis State Championships.

Singles TournamentAll-New York State & All-County HonorsChampionJosh Levine—Cold Spring Harbor Runner-upAndrew Yaraghi—Friends AcademyThird PlaceVihar Shah—HerricksFourth PlaceBrendan Henry—Farmingdale



SEASON RECAPAll-County Honors (Quarterfinalists)Connor Dauer—Cold Spring HarborDan Grinshteyn—Hewlett Zach Lessen—WheatleyStephen Savin—Valley Stream South

Doubles TournamentAll-New York State & All-County HonorsChampionsMatthew Barry & Ethan Bogard—Long BeachRunner-upAustin Davidow & Alex Sacher—North Shore Third PlaceKevin Katz & Ian Baranowski—SyossetFourth PlaceJonathan Paris & Connor Mullins—Cold Spring Harbor

All-County Honors (Quarterfinalists)Jacob Mishkin & Henry Tell—SyossetJared Lewis & Doron Saraf—Great Neck NorthOfir Solomon & Josh Young—PlainviewRaymond Zhao & Cooper Spector-Salwen—Great Neck South

2012 NYSPHSAA Boys Tennis StateChampionships SinglesChampion—NYS Public and FederationJosh Levine—Cold Spring HarborRunner-upAndrew Yaraghi—Friends AcademyFourth PlaceVihar Shah—HerricksDoublesThird Place Federation/FourthPlace PublicMatty Barry & Ethan Bogard—Long BeachFourth Place PublicAustin Davidow & Alex Sacher—North Shore

Team ChampionshipSection VIII (Nassau County)Section VIII Sportsmanship Award—Vihar Shah—Herricks

Cold Spring HarborCaptures Fifth Consecutive NassauConference I CrownBy Kristen Kelleher

Cold Spring Harbor defeated Hewlett HighSchool 5-2 to win the 2012 Nassau CountyBoys Tennis Conference I Championship

Cold Spring Harbor defeated Hewlett HighSchool 5-2 to win the Nassau County Boys

Tennis Conference I Championship. All threesingles matches were swept by Cold SpringHarbor.

“I knew it would be a tough match goinginto it, but I prepared for it mentally,” saidJonathan Paris of the Cold Spring HarborSeahawks, who won his match againstBrandon Remer of Hewlett 6-0 6-1. Josh Levineof Cold Spring Harbor said, “I didn’t play mybest, but came out with the victory. I’m excitedto have won our fifth straight championship.”

Levine won his match 6-1, 6-4 against DanGrinshteyn.

“We knew they would be a tough team frompast experience. I think we will be okay for theLong Island Championships,” said CoachPaul Poschmann.

This is the fifth consecutive Nassau CountyBoys Tennis Championship win for Cold SpringHarbor. In the Conference II championshipmatch, Wheatley defeated Oceanside, 6-1.

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defeated Soahil Brahmbatt & StoneMitchell (H) 6-1, 6-4

� Andrew Bienstock & Daniel Khryzopolsty(H) defeated Alex Fontini & Eli Rieders(CSH) 6-3, 6-1

� Nick Stammatos & Tim Schneir (CSH)defeated Adam Voyetsly & Josh Stein (H)6-3, 6-4

� Perry Goffner & Mitch Portman (H)defeated Gary Carmi & AJ Arena (CSH)6-2, 7-5

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Half Hollow Hills EastDefeats Ward Melvillefor 2012 SuffolkCounty TitleHalf Hollow Hills East earned its 59th consec-utive Suffolk County victory after a 6-1 winover Ward Melville. Hills East gave numbertwo Ward Melville their first loss in 19 matches,and in the process, the top-seeded Half Hal-low Hills East improved its season to a perfect18-0, winning its third straight Suffolk CountyChampionship and its seventh in eight years.

HHHE took the first three points by winningfirst and third doubles and first singles instraight sets, as first singles player Ali was a6-3, 6-0 winner over Ward Melville’s ColeLaffitte. Alec Tuckey then clinched the win forHHHE, winning at fourth singles pulling out asecond set tie-breaker to win 6-2, 7-6(1).

Ward Melville’s lone victory came at thirdsingles where Jacob Rothstein pulled out ahard-fought 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 three-set win overJeff Cherkin.

Cold Spring HarborWins Fifth ConsecutiveBoys Long Island Title

Cold Spring Harbor captured its fifthstraight Long Island Boys Tennis Champi-onship defeating Half Hollow Hills East

For the third straight season Cold SpringHarbor (Nassau Champion) took on Half

Hollow Hills East (Suffolk Champion) for theBoys Tennis High School Championship,and for the third straight year, CSH pre-vailed. This time, it was a 5-2 match victoryfor CSH which gave the Seahawks theirfifth straight Long Island Championship.

Cold Spring Harbor was led by their sin-gles players as all four were victorious.Two-time State Champion Josh Levine,fresh off winning the 2012 NYSPHSAABoys Tennis Championship, defeated Zain

Ali at first singles 6-2, 6-2. After the matchLevine said, “I served well, but I didn’t playmy best. I missed easy shots but I stuckwith it and came out with the victory.”

Also winning in straight sets wereJonathan Paris (third singles) and ConorMullins (fourth singles) who combined tolose only one game in four sets. Secondsingles player Conor Dauer had some trou-ble dropping the first set 3-6 to Kyle Alper,before coming back to win the next twosets, 6-2, 6-2.

The two wins by Half Hollow Hills cameat first and second doubles where bothteams (Alex Ricciuti & Jeremy Schnappand Jeff Cherkin & Roger Cheng) won instraight sets. Third singles ended up beingthe clinching match for CSH, and their pairof Tim Schneir & Sean Mullins fought backfrom a set down to guarantee the victoryfor CSH. Schneir & Mullins dropped thefirst set 4-6 to Eric Teplitz & Ross Reiffmanof HHHE, but then took control in the re-maining two sets, winning 6-2, 6-3. Afterthe clinching victory, Schneir was speech-less but Mullins said, “If you combine thecamaraderie of the team with the seniorsand even the 8th grader, you get a big bowlof vegetable stew. Carrots, corn and cel-

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SEASON RECAPery. Everything is mixed together perfectly;and that is CSH Varsity Tennis.”

Not your typical analogy, but after fivestraight LI Championships who’s to argue.

CSH Coach Paul Poschman summed upthe victory by saying, “Each championshipis unique and special.”

2012 Boys High School LongIsland Championship ResultsHalf Hollow Hills East Thunderbirdsvs. Cold Spring Harbor SeahawksSingles Results� Josh Levine (CSH) defeated Zain Ali

(HHHE) 6-2, 6-2� Conor Dauer (CSH) defeated Kyle Alper

(HHHE) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2� Jonathan Paris (CSH) defeated Alec

Tuckey (HHHE), 6-1, 6-0� Conor Mullins (CSH) defeated Travis

Leaf (HHHE) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles Results� Alex Ricciuti & Jeremy Schnapp (HHHE)

defeated Nick Stammatos & Eli Rieders(CSH) 6-1, 6-2

� Jeff Cherkin & Roger Cheng (HHHE)defeated Brett Titcomb & Alex Fontini(CSH) 6-3, 6-1

� Tim Schneir & Sean Mullins (CSH)defeated Eric Teplitz & Ross Reiffman(HHHE) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Josh Levine Repeatsas Nassau CountyBoys Tennis SinglesChamp

Last year as a junior, Josh Levine of ColdSpring Harbor won both the Nassau

County and New York State Singles Titlesen route to an undefeated season. At the2012 Nassau County Individual Champi-onships, Levine, the top seed, defendedthe first of those titles in his senior season,with a straight-set 6-4, 6-4 win over hisfriend, Andrew Yaraghi of Friends Acad-

emy. Levine and Yaraghi spend time train-ing together and know each other’s gamesvery well which made for an interestingmatch-up.

“Winning thistournament wasone of my maingoals coming intothe season,” saidLevine.

The 2012 Nas-sau County Cham-pionship was theperfect way for thewhole Levine familyto begin Mother’sDay. Josh’s motherPatty said, “It was afabulous Mother’sDay gift! I will reallymiss watching Joshand the entire Cold

Spring Harbor tennis team.”In the third place matchup, Herricks High

School’s Vihar Shah defeated BrendanHenry of Farmingdale, 6-4, 6-0. The winsent Shah to the New York State Champi-onships at the USTA Billie Jean King Na-tional Tennis Center, along with Levine andYaraghi.

The Doubles Tournament saw the toptwo teams squaring off in the final, as num-ber one-seeded Austin Davidow & AlexSacher of North Shore took on the second-seeded team of Ethan Bogard & Matt Barryof Long Beach. On this day, the top seedswere upset, as Barry & Bogard recorded animpressive 6-2, 6-3 straight-set win toclaim the Championship.

In the third place matchup, Syosset’sKevin Katz & Ian Baranowski defeated ColdSpring Harbors Jonathan Paris & ConorMullins, 6-2, 7-5. Katz & Baranowski willnow join Bogard & Barry and Davidow &Sacher at the State Championships.

Levine Captures Second ConsecutiveNYSPHSAA Boys Tennis ChampionshipWith Win Over YaraghiBy Adam Wolfthal

Day Three of the 2012 NYSPHSAA BoysTennis Championships brought many

hard-fought matches and great victories.Due to poor weather, the final matcheswere played indoors at the USTA Billie JeanKing National Tennis Center. DefendingNYSPHSAA Boys Singles Champion, JoshLevine of Cold Spring Harbor, drew fourth-seeded Taiya Hamanaka of Eastchester inthe semifinals. This matchup looked to bea tough battle, as Hamanaka was yet todrop a set in the tournament, and came outswinging, taking the first set from Levine.Fighting his way back, Levine picked up

2012 NassauCounty Boys Singles HighSchool ChampJosh Levine withrunner-up Andrew Yaraghi ofFriends Academy

Congratulations to all of the winners of the2012 Nassau County Championships

Cold Spring HarborBoys Tennis Coach PaulPoschman congratu-lates Josh Levine oncapturing the 2012Nassau County BoysSingles High SchoolChampionship

Josh Levine of ColdSpring Harbordefeated AndrewYaraghi of FriendsAcademy 6-3, 6-2 towin the 2012NYSPHSAA BoysSinglesChampionship



SEASON RECAPthe second set handily6-1, and forced a thirdset, played as a 10-point super tie-breaker.After going down early,Levine fought back fora 10-8 victory and aspot in the finals to de-fend his title.

The other semifinalsmatchup was an all-Nassau County affairas Andrew Yaraghi ofFriends Academyfaced Vihar Shah ofHerricks who had al-

ready successfully taken out the third-seeded 2012 Suffolk County Champion,Jeremy Dubin in the first round. Yaraghiwas able to keep up his blistering pace andmake it to the finals without dropping a setin the tournament, defeating Shah 6-3, 6-4.

The doubles tournament semifinals wasfull of suspense anddrama. All three of thefinal matches (both thesemifinals and finals)were brought to third-setsuper tie-breakers. Thetop-seeded team fromLong Beach of Matt Barry& Ethan Bogard squaredoff against the fifth-seeded team of DanielMorgan & Doug Kaplan of Pelham, N.Y.Neither team had given up a set yet in thetournament and the Long Beach duo hadlet up only eight games in three matches.After trading sets, Morgan & Kaplan wereable to squeeze out the victory with a 10-6upset in the super tie-break.

The second semifinal featured 2012 NewYork City Champs Lucas Pickering & WinnSmith of Beacon facing Matt Levine & AlexMeyer of Byram Hills. After giving up the firstset by one crucial break of serve, Beaconscrapped back with a 6-3 second set victoryand 10-6 win in the deciding third set tie-break.

As the courts inside filled up for regu-larly-scheduled matches and practice play,the final matches would be played in the in-timate setting of Courts 11 & 12 indoors atthe National Tennis Center, as teammates,families, fans and supporters all packed into the observation deck above the courts.

The 2012 NYSPHSAA Boys Singles Fi-nals were set to be a rematch of the Nas-sau County Championship match. Only 35minutes after winning the super tie-breakerin the semifinals, Josh Levine had to takethe court against a familiar foe, AndrewYaraghi. In an impressive display of calmand collected play both physically andemotionally, Levine defended his title with a6-3, 6-2 win over Yaraghi. According toJosh, “I felt I served very well, playedsmart, played my game, didn’t go for any-thing big, and got it done.”

The final match of the Doubles Champi-onship was played by the teams from Pel-ham and Beacon, schools that, despite

being in different Sec-tions, are a mere 15 milesfrom one another. Aftertaking a commandinglead in the first set,breaking Beacon in everyserve game, Pelham’sMorgan & Kaplan tookthe first set 6-2, andlooked to have the matchin hand. Pickering &

Smith had other ideas, fighting back tobring the second set to a tie-break and winit 8-6. The third set super tie-break sawBeacon open up with an early mini-breakto go up 6-4. Pelham fought back to winfour straight points to take the lead to 9-7and eventually finished off Beacon with an8-10 victory.

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Suffolk County Recognizes Achievements in BoysHigh School Tennis

The 2012 Suffolk County Boys High SchoolTennis Awards Dinner took place May

29th at Villa Lom-bardi’s in Holbrook,N.Y. The event wasorganized by JoeArias and the Suf-folk County JuniorTennis League(SCJTL) manage-ment staff for thethird straight year.The Awards Dinnerwas attended bymore than 300players and fami-lies, as more than200 awards for reg-

ular season and post-season accomplish-ments were presented on this great night forlocal tennis.

The awards presented included:

� Team Awards: Division Champs, Coachof the Year, and Big 4 County Champs

� Individual post season awards: All-League, All-Division, All-County, All-Stateand Team Sportsmanship

An award was also presented to Harbor-field’s Athletic Director John Valente, honoringhis service as Section XI Suffolk County BoysChairman.

Andrew Yaraghi ofFriends Academytakes on JoshLevine in the finalsof the Boys SinglesChampionship

Lucas Pickering & Winn Smith ofBeacon in the 2012 NYSPHSAABoys Doubles Finals

SCJTL Founder & Executive Director JoeArias recognizes theSuffolk County BoysHigh School TennisAward winners

A great time was had by all at the 2012Suffolk County Boys High School TennisAwards Dinner at Villa Lombardi’s



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Help Your Game With Pattern RecognitionBy Miguel Cervantes III

In many games, athletic andotherwise, patterns tend tosurface. Recognizing thesepatterns can be used to

your benefit. By recognizing patterns thatarise, you will be able to respond morequickly. Not only will you be able to re-spond more quickly, but you will also beable to implement these patterns to thedetriment of your opponent. There areseveral patterns that you are more thanlikely already familiar with in tennis. Toname a few, most people are familiar witha pattern of serve and volley and chip andcharge, but there are other less intuitivepatterns that every player should familiar-ize themselves with.

A pattern in tennis is a series of eventsthat seem to occur repeatedly. In tennis,information is imperative. As soon as theball is struck, you have a short time to de-cipher the direction, depth, power andspin of the ball. At the non-professionallevel, it is difficult to develop a great dealof variety, since no one has the time to begood at everything, so it follows that thenon-professional will stick with the thingsthat he or she does well.

Being that our opponents are sticking

with what they do well we can assumethat their movements, shots and strate-gies will repeat themselves. The soonerwe pick up on these patterns, the fasterwe can process the information it pro-vides, and the sooner we can react tothese patterns. These patterns can in-clude someone repeatedly runningaround their backhand, consistently hit-ting only a slice serve, or solely hitting adrop shot when given any short ball.

Let’s take the last example into ac-count. Consider you are in a match andyou recognize a pattern surfacing … apattern that whenever you hit a short ballto your opponent, they only hit a dropshot in return. We can assume, after rec-ognizing the pattern, that this will occur amajority of the time. You can then exploitthis by hitting the ball short on purpose tosolicit the drop shot. Knowing that thedrop shot is coming, you can move in tocounter and hit a winner either down theline or hit an easy lob over your opponent.The point here is that by recognizing anypattern, you no longer need to problem-solve on the fly. Rather, you can cause anevent to occur and then control said eventto your benefit.

Patterns can also be created in order todefeat your opponent. Imagine that you

recognize your opponent does not likehitting a forehand on the run. To take ad-vantage of this, you could kick-serve totheir backhand on the ad side to open upthe court for a cross-court forehand,where your opponent will need to hit aforehand on the run. It seems like aminute thing, but if your opponent doesnot recognize this pattern, they will not beable to do anything about it. Now youknow with certainty that you will be win-ning all of the points on the ad side of thecourt.

Using pattern recognition, you can ele-vate your game to the next level. Patternrecognition is used in chess, boxing andsoccer, so why not tennis. See events re-peat themselves to make your life easieron the court. Use pattern recognition totake time away from your opponent, andthen create a pattern to take advantageof your opponent’s liabilities. Be well andplay safe.

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Literary CornerBy Brent Shearer

Winning Ugly by Brad Gilbert

With Steve Jamison

The two top American tennis players of the70s and 80s, Jimmy Connors and JohnMcEnroe, were Irish-American lefties whowere cheaters. Brad Gilbert doesn’t say this inhis classic guide to the mental side of winningtennis matches, but it isn’t a far-fetched infer-ence from some of the war stories he tells.

Gilbert’s book, Winning Ugly, published in1993, has been thoroughly absorbed into theminds of most players and coaches. Obvi-ously, the game has changed since the early

1990s, but a lot of what Gilbert says aboutsmart tennis is still relevant.

Here’s an example.

“The two most common mistakes recreationalplayers make are: They don’t think about whatthey’re doing. They do it too fast.”

Winning Ugly is a great book on two levels.It’s full of stories about Gilbert’s experienceswith the pros of his era who, besides Connorsand McEnroe, included Ivan Lendl, BorisBecker, Stefan Edberg, Michael Chang andBjorn Borg. So it is a great read even for thosetennis players who aren’t looking for adviceon how to win more sets.

The second level the book succeeds on isas a dispenser of tactical and strategic adviceabout winning matches. It’s only natural thatGilbert use his matchups with his contempo-raries to illustrate points he’s making aboutplaying smart.

On the cheating issue, certainly there is alot of gray area in determining where games-manship ends and actual cheating begins.

When Gilbert tells the story in Winning Ugly

about his match with Connors in which theauthor wins match point, is standing at the netready to shake hands, but ends up losing thematch, it’s hard not to draw the conclusionthat Connors cheated him.

What happened was Connors protestedthe “in” call on Gilbert’s last shot, got it over-ruled and went on to win the match. But evenfor Jimmy Connors, it took a lot of histrionicsto reverse a match point call. If any readerswant to try this in their club tournament, theyshould be advised that Connors really had tothrow a convincing fit, complete with snotcoming out of his nose. Be prepared to sit byyourself at the post-tournament dinner, if youborrow this tactic.

As for McEnroe’s manipulation of matches,Gilbert asks the same question that so manyplayers who competed against McEnroe ask:Did he ever stage one of his outbursts whenhe was ahead? The implied answer is rarely,if ever. But Gilbert isn’t calling anybody acheater, that’s my interruption. So what if ten-nis does sometimes resemble pro wrestling?When Marat Safin dropped his shorts at theFrench Open in 2004, that’s the kind of mo-

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ment YouTube is made for, right?The other thing that the tennis history

part of the book has going for it is thatGilbert and his co-author Steve Jamisonare hilarious. Not only is the prose in thebook light-hearted, the authors give creditwhere credit is due to some of the book’ssubjects.

In one anecdote, Gilbert describes theway McEnroe won a match on a chilly nightin Los Angeles. At 3-3 in the third set,McEnroe argued about a call and basicallystopped the match for 10 minutes. Whenthe match resumed, Gilbert tried to take histime, although he had started to get cold inthe 45-degree weather. He got a warningfor delay of play. McEnroe had just shutdown the match for 10 minutes, but be-cause Gilbert toweled off between pointstoo slowly, he got hit with a warning. Gilbertfreaked out and lost the match. Later, in thelocker room, McEnroe said, “Brad, you’vegot to be more careful about delaying thegame like that. In this weather, I could havecaught a cold.”

Anyway, beyond stories like this, Gilbertalso supplies a ton of useful tips on getting

the most out of a player’s game. The greatthing is that unlike a lot of tennis advice,Gilbert’s points are as useful for recre-ational players as for pros.

Never mind McEnroe’s morality, Gilbertuses his matches with the New Yorker to il-lustrate one perennial problem for us right-ies when facing a lefty serving us wide in thead court. Gilbert says the receiver shouldstand as far to the left as he can, in the alleyor even past the alley, to make the leftyserver beat him by changing his serving pat-tern to go down the middle. Gilbert argues,as he does with a lot of his advice, that evenif the lefty server can adjust, the receiver iscontrolling that part of the match.

As my friend, Stan, said as we discussedGilbert’s book at the East River Park courts,the idea that Gilbert was such a weak playerthat he had to use his “smarts” to winmatches is a little exaggerated. You don’t getto a career-high ranking of number four with-out a lot of talent. Then again, Gilbert’s GrandSlam results aren’t inspiring. For a career thatlasted from 1982-1995, he only got to thequarters of Slams twice.

Still, as we know, he has become one of

the game’s leading coaches (Andre Agassi,Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, among oth-ers) and a popular TV analyst. And thesame sense of humor that makes WinningUgly such a delight is also evident inGilbert’s commentary.

Some years ago, he said he consideredWimbledon a warm-up, as far as sharpen-ing his analytic skills, for a big, NorthernCalifornia junior tournament that his sonZach was playing in.

Gilbert also gives a shout-out to localpro, Fritz Buehning, associate academy di-rector at the John McEnroe Tennis Acad-emy at Randall’s Island, as he tells the storyof a loss to the New Jersey native Buehn-ing that inspired Gilbert to start to ap-proach his matches more analytically.

So, yes, there is a reason Winning Ugly isa classic. Buy it to get some help in maxi-mizing the potential of your game, but readit a second and third time for its hilarioustakes on tennis history from one of thegame’s brightest commentators.

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Boys & Girls Long Island Rankings(as of 06/26/12)

BOYSLong Island Boys 12 SinglesRank Name ............................City1 ......Abhinav Raj Srivastava ..Melville, N.Y.2 ......Zachary Khazzam ..........Roslyn Heights, N.Y.3 ......Jackson Weisbrot ..........Dix Hills, N.Y.4 ......George Kaslow ..............Port Washington, N.Y.5 ......Cameron Klepper ..........Dix Hills, N.Y.6 ......Austin Pomerantz ..........Old Westbury, N.Y.7 ......Daniel Meinster ..............South Setauket, N.Y.8 ......Matthew Roberts ..........Setauket, N.Y.9 ......Tommy George Srisuro ..Garden City, N.Y.10 ....Ben Snow ......................Water Mill, N.Y.11 ....Jake Grossman ..............Sands Point, N.Y.12 ....Karan Amin ....................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.13 ....Jack Flores ....................Huntington, N.Y.14 ....Alexander Roti................Locust Valley, N.Y.15 ....Arjun Sharma ................Glen Head, N.Y.16 ....Preet Rajpal....................Syosset, N.Y.17 ....Evan Kirsh ......................Roslyn, N.Y.18 ....Adam Bradley Wilck ......Dix Hills, N.Y.19 ....Matthew Lee Catton ......Woodbury, N.Y.20 ....Drew Ingall ....................Melville, N.Y.21 ....Daniel Chikvashvili ........Melville, N.Y.22 ....Niles Ghaffar ..................Massapequa, N.Y.23 ....Matthew Terlovsky ........Merrick, N.Y.24 ....Logan Chang..................Old Westbury, N.Y.25 ....William Sepanski ............Huntington, N.Y.26 ....Timothy Serignese ........Port Washington, N.Y.27 ....Zachary Berlin ................Dix Hills, N.Y.28 ....Connor Leaf ..................Dix Hills, N.Y.29 ....Kabir Rajpal....................Syosset, N.Y.30 ....Eric Li ............................Old Westbury, N.Y.31 ....Bradford Lin ..................Kings Point, N.Y.32 ....Bejamin Reichbach ........Syosset, N.Y.33 ....Evan Hirsch ....................Old Westbury, N.Y.34 ....Sujay Sharma ................New Hyde Park, N.Y.35 ....Eli Grossman..................Woodbury, N.Y.36 ....Maxwell Moadel ............Brookville, N.Y.37 ....Christopher Grisham......Huntington, N.Y.38 ....Aman Sharma ................Glen Head, N.Y.39 ....Louie Kotler ....................Roslyn, N.Y.40 ....Sam Reichbach..............Syosset, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 14 SinglesRank Name ............................City1 ......Arnav Raj Srivastava ......Melville, N.Y.2 ......Dylan Granat ..................Woodbury, N.Y.3 ......Zachary Mollo ................Dix Hills, N.Y.4 ......Zachary Khazzam ..........Roslyn Heights, N.Y.5 ......Nick Stamatos................Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.6 ......Jordan Diamond ............Mount Sinai, N.Y.7 ......Pete Siozios ..................New Hyde Park, N.Y.8 ......Vincent Chen..................Hauppauge, N.Y.9 ......Kenneth Chiu ................Holtsville, N.Y.10 ....Jake Cohen ....................Oceanside, N.Y.11 ....Harris Durkovic ..............Dix Hills, N.Y.12 ....Spencer Lowitt ..............Syosset, N.Y.13 ....Mitchell Berger ..............Lake Grove, N.Y.14 ....Jake Grossman ..............Sands Point, N.Y.15 ....Simar Sawhney ..............New Hyde Park, N.Y.16 ....Ben Snow ......................Water Mill, N.Y.17 ....Marco Ammirati..............Halesite, N.Y.18 ....Daniel Marzagalli ............Patchogue, N.Y.19 ....Austin Egna ....................Port Washington, N.Y.20 ....Vincent Tozzi ..................North Babylon, N.Y.

21 ....Aaron Askowitz ..............Great Neck, N.Y.22 ....Lucas Larese DeSanto ..Southampton, N.Y.23 ....Eric Handelman..............Melville, N.Y.24 ....JohnThomas Sepanski ..Huntington, N.Y.25 ....Max Egna ......................Port Washington, N.Y.26 ....Zane Siddiqui ................Long Beach, N.Y.27 ....Connor Wright................Commack, N.Y.28 ....Jake Sandler ..................Lynbrook, N.Y.29 ....Del Schunk ....................Westhampton Beach, N.Y.30 ....George Kaslow ..............Port Washington, N.Y.31 ....Jackson Weisbrot ..........Dix Hills, N.Y.32 ....Derek Menker ................Great Neck, N.Y.33 ....Hunter Pomerantz ..........Old Westbury, N.Y.34 ....Derek Zadrozny..............Huntington Station, N.Y.35 ....Christian Esposito ..........Port Washington, N.Y.36 ....Landon Phillips ..............Great Neck, N.Y.37 ....Alex Amadio ..................Smithtown, N.Y.38 ....Parker Tuthill ..................Cutchogue, N.Y.39 ....Connor Dove ..................Baldwin, N.Y.40 ....Joonho Ko......................Huntington, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 16 SinglesRank Name ............................City1 ......Cole Laffitte....................East Setauket, N.Y.2 ......Matthew Bahar ..............Woodbury, N.Y.3 ......Dylan Granat ..................Woodbury, N.Y.4 ......Nick John Stamatos ......Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.5 ......Chirag Doshi ..................Sands Point, N.Y.6 ......Zachary Chang ..............Massapequa, N.y.7 ......Milan Gunasekera ..........Mount Sinai, N.Y.8 ......Arnav Srivastava ............Melville, N.Y.9 ......Troy Michael Haas..........Huntington Station, N.Y.10 ....Joshua Fried ..................Plainview, N.Y.11 ....Zane Siddiqui ................Long Beach, N.Y.12 ....Raizada Vaid ..................Old Westbury, N.Y.13 ....Marco Betito ..................Floral Park, N.Y.14 ....Craig Cusano ................Bellmore, N.Y.15 ....Evan Kober ....................Wantagh, N.Y.16 ....Jeremy Grossman..........Woodbury, N.Y.17 ....Gregory Rosenthal ........Syosset, N.Y.18 ....Ryan Diaz ......................Jericho, N.Y.19 ....Benjamin Goldrich..........Syosset, N.Y.20 ....Joshua Sydney ..............East Northport, N.Y.21 ....Jesse Richheimer ..........Merrick, N.Y.22 ....Ronald Spinelli ..............Dix Hills, N.Y.23 ....Joseph D’orazio ............Saint James, N.Y.24 ....Samuel Johnson ............Huntington, N.Y.25 ....David Binler....................East Northport, N.Y.26 ....Palmer Clare ..................North Bellmore, N.Y.27 ....Austin Ash ......................Syosset, N.Y.28 ....Sai Senthilkumar ............Manhasset, N.Y.29 ....Jake Sandler ..................Lynbrook, N.Y.30 ....Jack Vissicchio ..............Port Washington, N.Y.31 ....Jarrett Levine ................Island Park, N.Y.32 ....Mitchell Berger ..............Lake Grove, N.Y.33 ....Duane Davis ..................Dix Hills, N.Y.34 ....Richard Spinelli ..............Sands Point, N.Y.35 ....Sam Kramer ..................Westhampton, N.Y.36 ....Dylan Davis ....................Dix Hills, N.Y.37 ....Steven Marzagalli ..........Patchogue, N.Y.38 ....Nicholas Fox ..................Commack, N.Y.39 ....Nasser Ghaffar ..............Massapequa, N.Y.40 ....Connor Dove ..................Baldwin, N.Y.

Long Island Boys 18 SinglesRank Name ............................City1 ......Richard Liell ..................Nesconset, N.Y.2 ......Samuel Hajibai ..............Kings Point, N.Y.3 ......Sander Brenner ..............Port Washington, N.Y.4 ......Anton Averin ..................South Setauket, N.Y.5 ......Michael Vera ..................Bethpage, N.Y.

6 ......Brian Heinze ..................Garden City, N.Y.7 ......Marco Betito ..................Floral Park, N.Y.8 ......Chris Casamassima ......Franklin Square, N.Y.9 ......Ian Baranowski ..............Syosset, N.Y.10 ....Alex Philip Rosenfield ....Holtsville, N.Y.11 ....Brett Titcomb ................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.12 ....Connor Gehrke ..............Miller Place, N.Y.13 ....Jonathan Smucker ........Lido Beach, N.Y.14 ....Milan Gunasekera ..........Mount Sinai, N.Y.15 ....Craig Cusano ................Bellmore, N.Y.16 ....Kevin Kim ......................South Setauket, N.Y.17 ....Christopher Schwab ......Seaford, N.Y.18 ....James Heaney ..............Locust Valley, N.Y.19 ....Zane Siddiqui ................Long Beach, N.Y.20 ....Julian Adler ....................Roslyn, N.Y.21 ....Josh Young ....................Old Bethpage, N.Y.22 ....Brett Edelblum ..............Roslyn, N.Y.23 ....Ronald Spinelli ..............Dix Hills, N.Y.24 ....Richard Mitchell ............Franklin Square, N.Y.25 ....Roger Young ..................Brookhaven, N.Y.26 ....Will Pratt-Stephen..........Northport, N.Y.27 ....Dylan Ander....................Hewlett, N.Y.28 ....Jacob Rothstein ............Port Jefferson, N.Y.29 ....Jonathan Ochoa ............Hicksville, N.Y.30 ....John Reilly......................Mount Sinai, N.Y.31 ....Jonathan Sanders ..........Holbrook, N.Y.32 ....Eric Ross ........................Roslyn, N.Y.33 ....Benjmain Mermelstein ..Northport, N.Y.34 ....Zachary Romanzi ..........Brightwaters, N.Y.35 ....Donald Wunder ..............West Islip, N.Y.36 ....Andrew O’Connell ..........Medford, N.Y.37 ....Zachary Aboody, Roslyn, N.Y.

GIRLSLong Island Girls 12 SinglesRank Name ............................City1 ......Kaitlyn Byrnes ................Massapequa, N.Y.2 ......Ivanna Nikolic ................Glen Head, N.Y.3 ......Denise Lai ......................Setauket, N.Y.4 ......Lucia Hu ........................Roslyn, N.Y.5 ......Samantha Galu ..............Jericho, N.Y.6 ......Alexa Lynn Bracco ........Freeport, N.Y.7 ......Evangelia Frankis ..........Manhasset, N.Y.8 ......Christina Jud ..................Glen Head, N.Y.9 ......Ava Ignatowich ..............Sag Harbor, N.Y.10 ....Lauren Bishop................Woodbury, N.Y.11 ....Marina Hilbert ................Locust Valley, N.Y.12 ....Madeline Clinton ............Manhasset, N.Y.13 ....Morgan Voulo ................East Setauket, N.Y.14 ....Katelyn Walker ..............Sands Point, N.Y.15 ....Olivia Rose Scordo ........Glen Head, N.Y.16 ....Kerri Goldfuss ................Westbury, N.Y.17 ....Calista Sha ....................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.18 ....Madison Li......................Old Westbury, N.Y.19 ....Mina Sarcevic ................Dix Hills, N.Y.20 ....Allison Cooney ..............Locust Valley, N.Y.21 ....Angela Chi......................Great Neck, N.Y.22 ....Lauren Cherkin ..............Melville, N.Y.23 ....Elena Vlamakis ..............Garden City, N.Y.24 ....Brittany Polevikov ..........Port Washington, N.Y.25 ....Ariana Malik ..................Melville, N.Y.26......Sofia Anzalone ..................Center Moriches, N.Y.27 ....Kaitlyn Schwarz..............Oceanside, N.Y.28 ....Claire Weis ....................Glen Cove, N.Y.29 ....Melissa Cooney..............Locust Valley, N.Y.30 ....Stephanie Petras............Manhasset, N.Y.31 ....Merri Kelly ......................Oyster Bay, N.Y.32 ....Maryam Ahmad..............Albertson, N.Y.33 ....Dasha Dlin......................Glen Head, N.Y.34 ....Marisa Menist ................Great Neck, N.Y.35 ....Amy Delman ..................Great Neck, N.Y.

36 ....Rachel Arbitman ............Hewlett, N.Y.37 ....Julia Kepczynska ..........Southampton, N.Y.38 ....Morena DeVito ..............Syosset, N.Y.39 ....Hannah Abraham ..........Syosset, N.Y.40 ....Alexandra Dinowitz ........Merrick, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 14 SinglesRank Name ............................City1 ......Sabrina Ferretti ..............Setauket, N.Y.2 ......Michelle N. Carnovale ....Massapequa, N.Y.3 ......Elena Nitsa Nastasi ........Bayville, N.Y.4 ......Adele Sukhov ................Westbury, N.Y.5 ......Sarah Seeman................Port Washington, N.Y.6 ......Danielle Mirabella ..........Wantagh, N.Y.7 ......Nikaylah Imani Williams ....Wheatley Heights, N.Y.8 ......Juliana Shenker..............Rockville Centre, N.Y.9 ......Rebecca Stern ..............Dix Hills, N.Y.10 ....Rosa LaCorte ................Merrick, N.Y.12 ....Jennifer Wang ................Dix Hills, N.Y.13 ....Matilda Bros ..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.14 ....Gabrielle Raziel ..............Melville, N.Y.15 ....Jennifer Berman ............Jericho, N.Y.16 ....Elizabeth Sossan............Valley Stream, N.Y.17 ....Emily Feingold................Roslyn, N.Y.18 ....Devika kedia ..................East Norwhich, N.Y.19 ....Amanda Foo ..................Manhasset, N.Y.20 ....Lexee Shapiro ................Syosset, N.Y.21 ....Stephanie Cole ..............Manhasset, N.Y.22 ....Katherine Changtroraleke..Greenvale, N.Y.23 ....Mara Stewart..................Oceanside, N.Y.24 ....Rachel Weiss..................Great Neck, N.Y.25 ....Nicole Vassalle ..............Port Washington, N.Y.26 ....Danah Han ....................Dix Hills, N.Y.27 ....Morgan Voulo ................East Setauket, N.Y.28 ....Emily Fernandez ............Shirley, N.Y.29 ....Emily Shutman ..............Huntington, N.Y.30 ....Ellen Huhulea ................Rockville Centre, N.Y.31 ....Katelyn Walker ..............Sands Point, N.Y.32 ....Laura Halsey ..................Westhampton, N.Y.33 ....Theodora Brebenel ........Glen Head, N.Y.34 ....Olivia Scordo..................Glen Head, N.Y.35 ....Ariana Fixon-Owoo ........Lynbrook, N.Y.36 ....Brynn April ....................Dix Hills, N.Y.37 ....Emily Marge ..................Medford, N.Y.38 ....Rachel Collins ................Port Jefferson, N.Y.39 ....Brooke Digia ..................Manhasset, N.Y.40 ....Sophie Wilson ................Oyster Bay, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 16 SinglesRank Name ............................City1 ......Olivia Marie Ammirati ....Halesite, N.Y.2 ......Emily Rees ....................Rockville Centre, N.Y.3 ......Lauren Difazio ................Greenlawn, N.Y.4 ......Allison Gabrielle Huber ..Melville, N.Y.5 ......Elena Nastasi ................Bayville, N.Y.6 ......Alexandra Linder ............Sands Point, N.Y.7........Julia Khan ..........................Port Washington, N.Y.8 ......Michelle Haykin..............Great Neck, N.Y.9 ......Laura Torsiello ................Bayport, N.Y.10 ....Rebecca Stern ..............Dix Hills, N.Y.11 ....Sarah Seeman................Port Washington, N.Y.12 ....Sabrina Ferretti ..............Setauket, N.Y.13 ....Taylor Sim ......................Plainview, N.Y.14 ....Stacy Denbaum ............Syosset, N.Y.15 ....Katharine Brandow ........East Northport, N.Y.16 ....Alexandra Lipps ............Roslyn, N.Y.17 ....Angelika Rothberg..........Centerport, N.Y.18 ....Amanda Luper................Melville, N.Y.19 ....Alexandra Dananberg ....Massapequa, N.Y.20 ....Alanna Kane ..................Sea Cliff, N.Y.21 ....Katherine Changtroraleke..Greenvale, N.Y.


L O N G I S L A N D R A N K I N G S22 ....Bridget Connors ............East Quogue, N.Y.23 ....Kristen Bomkamp ..........Northport, N.Y.24 ....Rini Halder......................Huntington, N.Y.25 ....Elizabeth Kallenberg ......Port Washington, N.Y.26 ....Danielle Mirabella ..........Wantagh, N.Y.27 ....Taylor Cosme ................New Hyde Park,N.Y.28 ....Matilda Bros ..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.29 ....Lindsay Haley ................Hicksville, N.Y.30 ....Gina Paparella................Saint James, N.Y.31 ....Alana Weitz ....................Roslyn, N.Y.32 ....Marianne Naleski............Southold, N.Y.33 ....Jamie Brown ..................Huntington, N.y.34 ....Elizabeth Gee ................Garden City, N.Y.35 ....Rhianna Fitzpatrick ........Saint James, N.Y.36 ....Kathryn Sinicropi............Cold Spring Harbor,N.Y.37 ....Gina Ciliberti ..................West Islip, N.Y.38 ....Catherine Bartlett ..........Wainscott, N.Y.39 ....Campbell Howe ............Locust Valley, N.Y.40 ....Maxine Lizaso ................Glen Cove, N.Y.

Long Island Girls 18 SinglesRank Name ............................City1 ......Olivia Ammirati ..............Halesite, N.Y.2 ......Jennifer A. Carnovale ....Massapequa, N.Y.3 ......Veronika Paikin ..............Valley Stream, N.Y.4 ......Lara Fishbane ................Commack, N.Y.5 ......Rithika Reddy ................Syosset, N.Y.6 ......Laura Torsiello ................Bayport, N.Y.7 ......Sara Finger ....................Saint James, N.Y.8 ......Bianca Posa ..................Valley Stream, N.Y.9 ......Elena Nastasi ................Bayville, N.Y.10 ....Emma Brezel ..................Port Washington, N.Y.11 ....Jennifer Glukhman ........Syosset, N.Y.12 ....Amanda Gaimaro ..........Lynbrook, N.Y.

Boys & Girls Sectional Rankings(as of 05/31/12)

BOYSSectional Boys 12 Singles—Long Island RegionRank Name ............................City3 ......Brian Shi ........................Jericho, N.Y.4 ......Alan Delman ..................Great Neck, N.Y.5 ......Ryan Goetz ....................Greenlawn, N.Y.6 ......Daniel Eric Pellerito ........Syosset, N.Y.8 ......Cannon Kingsley ............Northport, N.Y.11 ....Steven Well Sun ............Glen Cove, N.Y.14 ....Patrick F. Maloney..........Oyster Bay, N.Y.22 ....Michael Medvedev ........Oceanside, N.Y.26 ....Nicolas Demaria ............New Hyde Park, N.Y.27 ....Pete Siozios ..................New Hyde Park, N.Y.33 ....Ronald P. Hohmann ......Oyster Bay, N.Y.35 ....Neel Raj..........................Oyster Bay, N.Y.39 ....Gardner Howe................Locust Valley, N.Y.48 ....Benjamin Grossman ......Sands Point, N.Y.52 ....Billy G. Suarez................Huntington, N.Y.71 ....Spencer Brachman ........Commack, N.Y.74 ....Matthew Porges ............Sands Point, N.Y.84 ....Abhinav Raj Srivastava ..Melville, N.Y.85 ....Jeffrey McDonnell ..........Glen Cove, N.Y.86 ....Eli Grossman..................Woodbury, N.Y.89 ....Niles Ghaffar ..................Massapequa, N.Y.91 ....Sujay Sharma ................New Hyde Park, N.Y.97 ....Eric Li ............................Old Westbury, N.Y.101 ..Oliver Worth ..................Locust Valley, N.Y.

108 ..Amani Siddiqui ..............West Babylon, N.Y.118 ..Matthew Roberts ..........Setauket, N.Y.123 ..Jonas Feuerring ............Sagaponack, N.Y.125 ..Preet Rajpal....................Syosset, N.y.128 ..Cameron Klepper ..........Dix Hills, N.Y.131 ..Karan Amin ....................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.135 ..Connor Leaf ..................Dix Hills, N.Y.136 ..Kabir Rajpal....................Syosset, N.Y.139 ..Zachary Khazzam ..........Roslyn Heights, N.Y.150 ..Austin Pomerantz ..........Old Westbury, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 14 Singles—Long Island RegionRank Name ............................City4 ......Brenden Andrew Volk ....Dix Hills, N.Y.19 ....Palmer Clare ..................North Bellmore, N.Y.24 ....Athell Bennett ................Valley Stream, N.Y.26 ....Chris Kuhnle ..................Shoreham, N.Y.30 ....Sean Patrick ..................Oyster Bay, N.Y.31 ....Travis Leaf ......................Dix Hills, N.Y.34 ....Sean Mullins ..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.35 ....Finbar Talcott ................Sea Cliff, N.Y.44 ....Colin Francis Sacco ......Brightwaters, N.Y.49 ....Keegan Morris................Franklin Square, N.Y.51 ....Daniel Shleimovich ........Merrick, N.Y.53 ....Trippie Franz ..................Bridgehampton, N.Y.55 ....Brian Hoffarth ................Fort Salonga, N.Y.56 ....Stephen Gruppuso ........Bayport, N.Y.58 ....Nasser Ghaffar ..............Massapequa Park, N.Y.62 ....Alex Grossman ..............Sands Point, N.Y.66 ....Rajan Vohra....................Glen Head, N.Y.67 ....Daniel Khodosh..............Roslyn Heights, N.Y.76 ....Andy Zhou......................Commack, N.Y.84 ....David Reinharz ..............Rockville Centre, N.Y.90 ....Mark Baker ....................North Baldwin, N.Y.93 ....Michael Liebman............Roslyn, N.Y.94 ....Dylan Granat ..................Woodbury, N.Y.99 ....Pete Siozios ..................New Hyde Park, N.Y.105 ..Matthew Holweger ........Manhasset, N.Y.108 ..Yuval Solomon ..............Plainview, N.Y.109 ..Aziz Rashidzada ............Dix Hills, N.Y.110 ..Ben Snow ......................Water Mill, N.Y.116 ..Del Schunk ....................Westhampton Beach, N.Y.120 ..Alan Delman ..................Great Neck, N.Y.129 ..Garrett Malave ..............Laurel, N.Y.134 ..Ian Friedman ..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.136 ..Benjamin Tenner ............Roslyn, N.Y.137 ..Nicolas Demaria ............New Hyde Park, N.Y.145 ..Brian Shi ........................Jericho, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 16 Singles—Long Island RegionRank Name ............................City3 ......Josh Silverstein ..............Great Neck, N.Y.4 ......Daniel Grunberger ..........Great Neck, N.Y.6 ......Noah Rubin ....................Rockville Centre, N.Y.9 ......Philip Daniel Antohi ........Glen Head, N.Y.11 ....Alexander Lebedev ........Island Park, N.Y.18 ....Douglas Notaris ............Wantagh, N.Y.20 ....Brandon T. Stone ..........Melville, N.Y.29 ....Jared R. Halstrom ..........Bellmore, N.Y.39 ....Zain Ali ..........................Dix Hills, N.Y.44 ....Conor Mullins ................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.45 ....Jonathan Paris ..............Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.48 ....Bryant Born....................Manhasset, N.Y.50 ....Eric Wagner....................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.52 ....John P. D’Alessandro ....Northport, N.Y.68 ....Kyle Alper ......................Dix Hills, N.Y.75 ....Lamar Remy ..................Roslyn, N.Y.76 ......Lubomir Cuba........................Massapequa Park, N.Y.84 ....Alex Brebenel ................Glen Head, N.Y.

88 ....Julian Zlobinsky ............Greenvale, N.Y.91 ....Benjamin Rosen ............Port Washington, N.Y.92 ....James Heaney ..............Locust Valley, N.Y.97 ....Brenden Volk..................Dix Hills, N.Y.102 ..Cory Seltman ................Dix Hills, N.Y.103 ..Fernando Filho ..............East Hampton, N.Y.106 ..Cole Laffitte....................East Setauket, N.Y.116 ..Andrew Reiley ................Manorville, N.Y.125 ..Dennis Uspensky ..........Atlantic Beach, N.Y.126 ..Josh Young ....................Old Bethpage, N.Y.128 ..Palmer Clare ..................North Bellmore, N.Y.131 ..Justin Park ....................Huntington, N.Y.144 ..Joseph D’orazio ............Saint James, N.Y.

Sectional Boys 18 Singles—Long Island RegionRank Name ............................City2 ......Josh M. Levine ..............Syosset, N.Y.4 ......Andrew Yaraghi ..............Mill Neck, N.Y.8 ......Noah Rubin ....................Rockville Centre, N.Y.11 ....Vihar Shah......................New Hyde Park, N.Y.12 ....Samuel Lam ..................Old Westbury, N.Y.13 ....Eric Rubin ......................Lido Beach, N.Y.14 ....Brendan Henry ..............Massapequa, N.Y.19 ....Matthew O. Barry ..........Lido Beach, N.Y.20 ....Aidan Talcott ..................Sea Cliff, N.Y.22 ....Ofir Solomon ..................Plainview, N.Y.28 ....Josh Silverstein ..............Great Neck, N.Y.33 ....Howard J. Weiss ............Great Neck, N.Y.39 ....Conor Dauer ..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.41 ....Ethan Bogard ................Lido Beach, N.Y.45 ....Kevin Katz ......................Woodbury, N.Y.50 ....Austin Davidow ..............Glen Head, N.Y.51 ....Daniel Khanin ................Baldwin, N.Y.57 ....Alexander Schidlovsky ..Sea Cliff, N.Y.61 ....Tyler J. Hoffman ............Sayville, N.Y.67 ....Clark Ruiz ......................Glen Head, N.Y.74 ....Zachary Lessen..............Roslyn Heights, N.Y.84 ....Sean Chugani ................Roslyn, N.Y.85......Bert Vancura........................New Hyde Park, N.Y.96 ....Philip Antohi ..................Glen Head, N.Y.100 ..Richard Mitchell ............Franklin Square, N.Y.107 ..Douglas Notaris ............Wantagh, N.Y.108 ..Matthew Demichiel ........Hewlett, N.Y.111 ..Alex Sacher ....................Glen Head, N.Y.118 ..Jacob Mishkin................Woodbury, N.Y.119 ..Daniel Grinshteyn ..........Hewlett, N.Y.121 ..Ian Baranowski ..............Syosset, N.Y.126 ..John D’Alessandro ........Northport, N.Y.135 ..Jensen Reiter ................Syosset, N.Y.138 ..Chris Casamassima ......Franklin Square, N.Y.139 ..Alan Pleat ......................Roslyn, N.Y.141 ..Roger Young ..................Brookhaven, N.Y.148 ..Sander Brenner ..............Port Washington, N.Y.150 ..Brian Slivonik ................Oyster Bay, N.Y.

GIRLSSectional Girls 12 Singles—Long Island RegionRank Name ............................City2 ......Hannah Zhao..................Syosset, N.Y.9 ......Lea Ma ..........................Dix Hills, N.Y.18 ....Jasmine Olivia Abidi ......Glen Head, N.Y.21 ....Alexa Susan Goetz ........Greenlawn, N.Y.25 ....Ashley Lessen ................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.27 ....Olivia Rose Scordo ........Glen Head, N.Y.38 ....Katelyn Walker ..............Sands Point, N.Y.39 ....Stephanie Anne Petras ..Manhasset, N.Y.41 ....Francesca Karman ........Port Washington, N.Y.43 ....Merri Kelly ......................Oyster Bay, N.Y.57 ....Celeste Wang Traub ......Jericho, N.Y.

58 ....Trinity Chow ..................Glen Cove, N.Y.60 ....Rachel Arbitman ............Hewlett, N.Y.65 ....Maryam Beshir Ahmad ..Albertson, N.Y.73 ....Ava Ignatowich ..............Sag Harbor, N.Y.80 ....Jacqueline Rae Bukzin ..Manorville, N.Y.94 ....Kaitlyn Byrnes ................Massapequa, N.Y.99 ....Julia Kielan ....................Valley Stream, N.Y.108 ..Lucia Hu ........................Roslyn, N.Y.113 ..Amy Delman ..................Great Neck, N.Y.115 ..Denise Lai ......................Setauket, N.Y.120 ..Morgan Voulo ................East Setauket, N.Y.124 ..Marisa Menist ................Great Neck, N.Y.126 ..Rory Gallaher ................East Hampton, N.Y.138 ..Kimberly Liao ................Commack, N.Y.140 ..Madeline Clinton ............Manhasset, N.Y.144 ..Samantha Galu ..............Jericho, N.Y.145 ..Alexa Bracco..................Freeport, N.Y.150 ..Madison Williams ..........Glen Cove, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 14 Singles—Long Island RegionRank Name ............................City4 ......Madison Battaglia ..........Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y12 ....Alexa Graham ................Garden City, N.Y.14 ....Amber Nicole Policare....East Atlantic Beach, N.Y.15 ....Taylor S. Cosme ............New Hyde Park, N.Y.17 ....Claire Handa ..................Rockville Centre, N.Y.37 ....Dominique Woinarowski ..Syosset, N.Y.38 ....Vanessa L. Scott ............Dix Hills, N.Y.45 ....Esther Chikvashvili ........Syosset, N.Y.48 ....Stephanie Chikvashvili ..Melville, N.Y.51 ....Celeste Rose Matute......Oyster Bay, N.Y.55 ....Courtney Kowalsky ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.65 ....Josephine Winters ........Elmont, N.Y.89 ....Brynn Maris April............Dix Hills, N.Y.90 ....Morgan Hermann ..........Garden City, N.Y.91 ....Alexandra Lipps ............Roslyn, N.Y.99 ....Emily Shutman ..............Huntington, N.Y.102 ..Sarah Seeman................Port Washington, N.Y.108 ..Danielle Mirabella ..........Wantagh, N.Y.109 ..Amanda Allison Foo ......Manhasset, N.Y.114 ..Lexee Taylor Shapiro......Syosset, N.Y.120 ..Cecilia Combemale........Bridgehampton, N.Y.121 ..Ellen Huhulea ................Rockville Centre, N.Y.137 ..Ashley Lessen ................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.145 ..Nicole Kielan ..................Valley Stream, N.Y.147 ..Nikaylah Williams ..........Wheatley Heights, N.Y.150 ..Laura Halsey ..................Westhampton, N.Y.

Sectional Girls 16 Singles—Long Island RegionRank Name ............................City25 ....Madison Battaglia ..........Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.27 ....Bridget Elaine Harding ..Northport, N.Y.29 ....Mia M. Vecchio ..............Manhasset Hills, N.Y.32 ....Sunaina Vohra ................Glen Head, N.Y.34 ....Aimee N. Manfredo ........Shoreham, N.Y.49 ....Danielle Giannetti ..........Oyster Bay, N.Y.51 ....Paulina Tafler..................Oceanside, N.Y.52 ....Aleksandra Mally............Franklin Square, N.Y.53 ....Claudia M. Ruiz ..............Glen Head, N.Y.59 ....Alexa Graham ................Garden City, N.Y.70 ....Olivia C. Funk ................Hicksville, N.Y.72 ....Esther Chikvashvili ........Melville, N.Y.74 ....Lauren Ann Livingston ..Sands Point, N.Y.77 ....Zenat Rashidzada ..........Dix Hills, N.Y.79 ....Amber Policare ..............East Atlantic Beach, N.Y.86 ....Michele Lehat ................Great Neck, N.Y.94 ....Nicole Koskovolis ..........Manhasset, N.Y.97 ....Alexandra Linder ............Sands Point, N.Y.99 ....Rithika Reddy ................Syosset, N.Y.


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Sectional Girls 18 Singles—Long Island RegionRank Name ............................City5 ......Hannah L. Camhi ..........Woodbury, N.Y.7 ......Katherine Yau ................Manhasset, N.Y.8 ......Vivian Cheng ..................Woodbury, N.Y.16 ....Sophie Barnard ..............Mill Neck, N.Y.25 ....Nicholle Torres ..............North Hills, N.Y.28 ....Morgan Feldman ............Glen Head, N.Y.32 ....Stephanie Loutsenko ....Bellmore, N.Y.38 ....Julia Elbaba....................Oyster Bay, N.Y. 40 ....Ashley A. Masanto ........Baldwin, N.Y.55 ....Claudia Ruiz ..................Glen Head, N.Y.56 ....Melissa Carlay................New Hyde Park, N.Y.63 ....Taylor Diffley ..................Hampton Bays, N.Y.64 ....Sunaina Vohra ................Glen Head, N.Y.67 ....Alison Wang ..................Great Neck, N.Y.70 ....Sara Finger ....................Saint James, N.Y.86 ....Mia Vecchio....................Manhasset Hills, N.Y.88 ....Erica Bundrick................Mattituck, N.Y.89 ....Yuliya Astapova..............Port Washington, N.Y.107 ..Rithika Reddy ................Syosset, N.Y.116 ..Aimee Manfredo ............Shoreham, N.Y.119 ..Gabrielle Leon ................Woodmere, N.Y.124 ..Lisa Petruzillo ................Syosset, N.Y.126 ..Laura Torsiello ................Bayport, N.Y.128 ..Aleksandra Mally............Franklin Square, N.Y.131 ..Alexa Graham ................Garden City, N.Y.138 ..Bianca Posa ..................Valley Stream, N.Y.140 ..Emma Brezel ..................Port Washington, N.Y.144 ..Ludmila Yamus ..............Deer Park, N.Y.

Boys & Girls National Rankings(as of 06/21/12)

BOYSNational Boys 12 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank Name ............................City27 ....Ryan Goetz ....................Greenlawn, N.Y.55 ....Brian Shi ........................Jericho, N.Y.102 ..Patrick Maloney ............Oyster Bay, N.Y.114 ..Steven Well Sun ............Glen Cove, N.Y.133 ..Daniel Eric Pellerito ........Syosset, N.Y.181 ..Ronald P.Hohmann ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.188 ..Michael Medvedev ........Oceanside, N.Y.331 ..Cannon Kingsley ............Northport, N.Y.403 ..Pete Siozios ..................New Hyde Park, N.Y.523 ..Neel Raj..........................Oyster Bay, N.Y.600 ..Billy Suarez ....................Huntington, N.Y.626 ..Nicolas Demaria ............New Hyde Park, N.Y.772 ..Gardner Howe................Locust Valley, N.Y.835 ..Benjamin Grossman ......Sands Point, N.Y.956 ..Matthew Porges ............Sands Point, N.Y.

National Boys 14 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank Name ............................City24 ....Brenden Andrew Volk ....Dix Hills, N.Y.248 ..Palmer T. Clare ..............North Bellmore, N.Y.290 ..Finbar Talcott ................Sea Cliff, N.Y.323 ..Athell Patrick Bennett ....Valley Stream, N.Y.329 ..Chris Kuhnle ..................Shoreham, N.Y.353 ..Colin Sacco....................Brightwaters, N.Y.395 ..Sean Patrick ..................Oyster Bay, N.Y.449 ..Travis Leaf ......................Dix Hills, N.Y.498 ..Brian Hoffarth ................Fort Salonga, N.Y.684 ..Trippie Franz ..................Bridgehampton, N.Y.736 ..Keegan Morris................Franklin Square, N.Y.760 ..Sean Mullins ..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.878 ..Nasser Abdel Ghaffar ....Massapequa, N.Y.976 ..Stephen Gruppuso ........Bayport, N.Y.

National Boys 16 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank Name ............................City1 ......Noah B. Rubin................Merrick, N.Y. 19 ....Josh Silverstein ..............Great Neck, N.Y.52 ....Philip Daniel Antohi ........Glen Head, N.Y.101 ..Daniel Grunberger ..........Great Neck, N.Y.118 ..Douglas Notaris ............Wantagh, N.Y.147 ..Brandon T. Stone ..........Melville, N.Y.216 ..Alexander Lebedev ........Island Park, N.Y.268 ..Julian Alexi Zlobinsky ....Greenvale, N.Y.284 ..Lamar Remy ..................Roslyn, N.Y. 329 ..John P. D’Allesandro ......Northport, N.Y.382 ..Dennis Uspensky ..........Atlantic Beach, N.Y.422 ..Conor Mullins ................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.544 ..Zain Ali ..........................Dix Hills, N.Y.588 ..Jared Halstrom ..............Bellmore, N.Y.696 ..Jonathan Paris ..............Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.833 ..Eric Wagner....................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.

National Boys 18 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank Name ............................City5 ......Noah B. Rubin................Merrick, N.Y.25 ....Josh M. Levine ..............Syosset, N.Y.157 ..Bert Vancura ..................New Hyde Park, N.Y.162 ..Eric Rubin ......................Lido Beach, N.Y.163 ..Matthew O. Barry ..........Lido Beach, N.Y.173 ..Andrew S. Yaraghi..........Mill Neck, N.Y.197 ..Howard J. Weiss ............Great Neck, N.Y.214 ..Samuel Lam ..................Old Westbury, N.Y.301 ..Brendan Henry ..............Massapequa, N.Y.348 ..Aidan Talcott ..................Sea Cliff, N.Y.434 ..Kevin Katz ......................Woodbury, N.Y.438 ..Alexander Schidlovsky ..Sea Cliff, N.Y.445 ..Daniel Khanin ................Baldwin, N.Y.490 ..Jensen Reiter ................Syosset, N.Y.515 ..Ofir Solomon ..................Plainview, N.Y.544 ..Vihar Shah......................New Hyde Park, N.Y.563 ..Dennis Uspensky ..........Atlantic Beach, N.Y.632 ..Lamar Remy ..................Roslyn, N.Y.750 ..Julian Alexi Zlobinsky ....Greenvale, N.Y.755 ..Conor Dauer ..................Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.759 ..Josh Silverstein ..............Great Neck, N.Y.890 ..Ethan Borgard ................Lido Beach, N.Y.

National Girls 12 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank Name ............................City24 ....Hannah Zhao..................Syosset, N.Y.140 ..Jasmine Olivia Abidi ......Glen Head, N.Y.195 ..Lea Ma ..........................Dix Hills, N.Y.205 ..Ashley Lessen ................Roslyn Heights, N.Y.

392 ..Alexa Goetz....................Greenlawn, N.Y.402 ..Merri Kelly ......................Oyster Bay, N.Y.427 ..Francesca Karman ........Port Washington, N.Y.463 ..Anastasia Koniaev..........Forest Hills, N.Y.504 ..Jacqueline Rae Bukzin ..Manorville, N.Y.617 ..Olivia Scordo..................Glen Head, N.Y.789 ..Katelyn Walker ..............Sands Point, N.Y.895 ..Celeste Traub ................Jericho, N.Y.

National Girls 14 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank Name ............................City64 ....Madison Battaglia ..........Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.152 ..Alexa Graham ................Garden City, N.Y.226 ..Taylor Cosme ................New Hyde Park, N.Y.447 ..Amber Nicole Policare....East Atlantic Beach, N.Y.481 ..Morgan Herrmann ..........Garden City, N.Y.503 ..Claire Handa ..................Point Lookout, N.Y.547 ..Esther Chikvashvili ........Melville, N.Y.648 ..Celeste Rose Matute......Oyster Bay, N.Y.700 ..Dominique Woinarowski Syosset, N.Y.808 ..Josephine Winters ........Elmont, N.Y.981 ..Courtney Kowalsky ........Oyster Bay, N.Y.

National Girls 16 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank Name ............................City257 ..Aleksandra Mally............Franklin Square, N.Y.342 ..Sunaina Vohra ................Glen Head, N.Y.512 ..Madison Battaglia ..........Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.598 ..Paulina Tafler..................Oceanside, N.Y.616 ..Bridget Harding..............Northport, N.Y.728 ..Mia Vecchio ......................Manhasset Hills, N.Y.767 ..Claudia Ruiz ..................Glen Head, N.Y.

National Girls 18 Singles—Long Island PlayersRank Name ............................City30 ....Julia Elbaba....................Oyster Bay, N.Y.72 ....Hannah L. Camhi ..........Woodbury, N.Y. 99 ....Katherine Yau ................Manhasset, N.Y.183 ..Vivan Cheng ..................Woodbury, N.Y.301 ..Sophie Barnard ..............Mill Neck, N.Y.308 ..Morgan Feldman ............Glen Head, N.Y.629 ..Stephanie Loutsenko ....Bellmore, N.Y. 805 ..Melissa G. Carlay ..........New Hyde Park, N.Y.915 ..Ashley Masanto..............Baldwin, N.Y.951 ..Claudia Ruiz ..................Glen Head, N.Y.962 ..Nicholle Torres ..............North Hills, N.Y.


USTA/Long Island Region 2012TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

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JULY 2012Friday-Sunday, July 13-15L1 Sportime Bethpage July ChampionshipSportime Bethpage101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG (10 [78’Court/Green Ball])s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Tuesday, July 3 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, July 13-15L3 Lynbrook Sportime July UPSSportime Tennis Lynbrook175 Merrick RoadLynbrook, N.Y. Divisions: Novice: BG (12)s, RR; QuickStart BG (10[60’Court/Orange Ball])s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entries is Monday, July 9 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, July 13-15L1B LBTC Summer ChallengerLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (18-12)sd, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player singles, $28 per player dou-bles (deadline for entries is Monday, July 9 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, July 13-15L1B Ross School Tennis Academy Summer ChallengerRoss School Tennis Academy18 Goodfriend Drive • East Hampton, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (18-12)s, SESurface Type: ClayEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Mon-day, July 9 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 907-5162.

Friday-Sunday, July 13-15L1 Sportime Massapequa Summer ChampionshipsSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise Highway • Massapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG (16)s, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Tues-day, July 3 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, July 13-15L2O Eastern Athletic July OpenEastern Athletic9 Montauk Highway, Unit ABlue Point, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (16-14)s, SESurface Type: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Saturday, July 7 at noon)For more information, call (631) 363-2882.

Friday-Sunday, July 13-15L2O Sportime Syosset Summer OpenSportime Syosset75 Haskett DriveSyosset, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (18-16, 12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Tuesday, July 3 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, July 13-15L2R Kings Park July RegionalSportime Kings Park275 Old Indianhead RoadKings Park, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (18-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline for entries is Friday,July 6 at 4:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, July 13-15L1B July Challenger at Sportime Kings ParkSportime Kings Park275 Old Indianhead RoadKings Park, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (14-12)sd, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player singles, $25 per player dou-bles (deadline for entries is Friday, July 6 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, July 20-22L2R Sportime Bethpage July RegionalSportime Bethpage Elite Tennis Center101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (18-14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Tuesday, July 10 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, July 20-22L2O Kings Park Sportime Summer OpenSportime Kings Park275 Old Indianhead RoadKings Park, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (14-12)s, SE; QuickStart BG (10[78’Court/Green Ball])s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline for entries is Friday,July 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, July 20-22L1B Sportime Lynbrook Summer ChallengerSportime Tennis Lynbrook175 Merrick RoadLynbrook, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (12)s, FRLC; QuickStart BG (10[78’Court/Green Ball])s, FRLCSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Friday,July 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, July 20-22L1B LBTC July ChallengerLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe Boulevard • Long Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (18, 14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Monday, July 16 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, July 20-22L3 Sportime Massapequa UPSSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise Highway • Massapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG (14-12)s, RRSurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entries is Tues-day, July 10 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Monday, July 20-23L1 Port Washington Summer Classic-Dana DeCarlo Commemorative ChampionshipPort Washington Tennis Academy100 Harbor Road • Port Washington, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG (18-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Monday, July 9 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 883-6425.




Friday-Sunday, July 27-29Sportime Kings Park July ChallengerSportime Kings Park275 Old Indianhead Road • Kings Park, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (14-12)sd, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player singles, $27.38 per player dou-bles (deadline for entries is Friday, July 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 269-6300.

Friday-Sunday, July 27-29L2R Sportime Bethpage July LI RegionalSportime Bethpage Elite Tennis Center101 Norcross Avenue • Bethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (12)s, SE; QuickStart BG (10 [78’Court/Green Ball])s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Tuesday,July 27 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, July 27-29L2O Sportime Lynbrook July RegionalSportime Syosset75 Haskett DriveSyosset, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (12)s, FRLC; QuickStart BG (10[78’Court/Green Ball])s, FRLCSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Friday,July 20 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (646) 852-2283.

Friday-Sunday, July 27-29L1B Sportime Hamptons ChallengerSportime of the HamptonsP.O. Box 965Quogue, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (18-14)s, SESurface Type: ClayEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Monday,July 16 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 653-6767.

Friday-Sunday, July 27-29LBTC Summer NTRP ClassicLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked M (Op)sd, FRLC; X (Op)d, FRLC, NMW(3.0-4.5)sd, FRLCSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player singles, $33 per player doubles(deadline for entries is Wednesday, July 25 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Friday-Sunday, July 27-29L1B Sportime Syosset ChallengerSportime Syosset75 Haskett DriveSyosset, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (18-16)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is esday, July 17 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, July 27-29L2O Sportime Massapequa Summer OpenSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise Highway • Massapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (18-14)s, SESurface Type: ClayEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Tuesday, July 16 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, July 27-29L1 Ross School Tennis Academy July ChampionshipsRoss School Tennis Academy18 Goodfriend DriveEast Hampton, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG (12)sd, SESurface Type: ClayEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Monday,July 23 at 11:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 907-5162.

Saturday-Sunday, July 28-29L3 LBTC Eastern July UPSLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe Boulevard Long Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG (18-12)s, RR; QuickStart BG (10[60’Court/Orange Ball])s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entries is Tues-day, July 24 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 383-2692.

AUGUST 2012Friday-Sunday, August 3-5L2O Sportime Lynbrook Eastern August OpenSportime Tennis Lynbrook175 Merrick RoadLynbrook, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (18, 14)s, SESurface Type: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Friday,July 27 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 887-1330.

Friday-Sunday, August 3-5L2R LBTC August RegionalLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (16, 12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries isWednesday, Aug. 1 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 383-2692.

Saturday-Sunday, August 4-5Junior Team Tennis Tournament for the Preservation of MarineMammals and Sea TurtlesUSTA Eastern Long IslandEisenhower ParkEast Meadow, N.Y.Surface Type: HardEntry Fee: $180 per team, $35 individual (deadline for entries is Wednesday, Aug. 1)For more information, call (516) 822-9587.

Saturday, August 4L3 Sportime Bethpage August UPSSportime Bethpage101 Norcross Avenue • Bethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG (14-12)s, RR; QuickStart BG (10[60’Court/Orange Ball], 8 [36’Court/Red Ball])s, RRSurface Type: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entries is Tues-day, July 31 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Thursday-Sunday, August 9-12CMBC Prize Money Summer ChampionshipsLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked W (Op)s, SE M (Op)d, SE; X (Op)d, SESurface Type: Clay IndoorEntry Fee: $81.13 per player singles, $54.25 doubles (dead-line for entries is Monday, Aug. 6 at 8:59 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

Thursday-Sunday, August 9-12L2O Kings Park Sportime August OpenSportime Kings Park275 Old Indianhead RoadKings Park, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (12)sd, SE; QuickStart BG (10[78’Court/Green Ball])s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entries is Monday,Aug. 6 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.




Friday-Sunday, August 10-12L3 Lynbrook Sportime Eastern UPSSportime Tennis Lynbrook175 Merrick Road • Lynbrook, N.Y.Divisions: Novice: BG (14-12)s, RR; QuickStart BG (10[60’Court/Orange Ball])s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entries is Monday,Aug. 6 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, August 10-12L2O Sportime Bethpage Summer OpenSportime Tennis Bethpage101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Tuesday,July 31 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, August 10-12L1B Ross School Tennis Academy August ChallengerRoss School Tennis Academy18 Goodfriend DriveEast Hampton, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (18-12)s, SESurface Type: ClayEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Monday,Aug. 6 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 907-5162.

Thursday-Sunday, August 16-19L3 Sportime Kings Park Summer UPSSportime Kings Park 275 Old Indianhead RoadKings Park, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG (16-12)s, RR; QuickStart BG (10 [60’Court/Orange Ball])s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $43.50 per player (deadline for entries is Monday,Aug. 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, August 17-19L3 Sportime Lynbrook August UPSSportime Lynbrook175 Merrick Road • Lynbrook, N.Y.Divisions: Novice BG (14-12)s, RR; QuickStart BG (10[60’Court/Orange Ball])s, RRSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $40.00 per player (deadline for entries is Monday,Aug. 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, August 17-19L2O Sportime Bethpage Summer OpenSportime Bethpage101 Norcross AvenueBethpage, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (18-16)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Tuesday,Aug. 7 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, August 17-19L2O Sportime Syosset Summer OpenSportime Syosset75 Haskett DriveSyosset, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (14-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Tuesday,Aug. 7 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, August 17-19L1B Sportime Massapequa Summer ChallengerSportime Massapequa5600 Old Sunrise HighwayMassapequa, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (16, 12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Tuesday,Aug. 7 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 933-8500.

Friday-Sunday, August 17-19L1B LBTC August ChallengerLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe BoulevardLong Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (18, 14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Tuesday,Aug. 14 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 383-2692.

Tuesday-Tuesday, August 21-28L1 Dan Dwyer Memorial ChampionshipsPoint Set Indoor Racquet Club3065 New StreetOceanside, N.Y.Divisions: Championships BG (18-12)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 per player (deadline for entries is Monday,Aug. 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 536-8246.

Thursday-Sunday, August 23-26L2O Sportime Kings Park August ChallengerSportime Kings Park275 Old Indianhead RoadKings Park, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (12)s, FRLC; Quick Start BG (10[78’Court/Green Ball])s, FRLCSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $48.88 (deadline for entries is Thursday, Aug. 16at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, August 24-26Eastern Athletic Club’s Men’s August OpenEastern Athletic Clubs9 Montauk Highway, Unit ABlue Point, N.Y.Divisions: Ranked M (Op)sd, SESurface Type: Hard IndoorEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Monday,Aug. 13 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 363-2882.

Friday-Sunday, August 24-26L2O Sportime Lynbrook Summer OpenSportime Tennis Lynbrook175 Merrick RoadLynbrook, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (12)s, FMLC; QuickStart BG (10[78’Court/Green Ball])s, FRLCSurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Friday,Aug. 17 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 484-9222.

Friday-Sunday, August 24-26L1 Ross School Tennis Academy Summer ChampionshipsRoss School Tennis Academy18 Goodfriend DriveEast Hampton, N.Y.Divisions: Challenger BG (16-14)s, SESurface Type: ClayEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Monday,Aug. 20 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (631) 907-5162.

Friday-Sunday, August 24-26L2O LBTC Summer OpenLong Beach Tennis Center899 Monroe Boulevard • Long Beach, N.Y.Divisions: Intermediate BG (18, 14)s, SESurface Type: UnknownEntry Fee: $54.25 per player (deadline for entries is Wednes-day, Aug. 22 at 1:00 p.m.)For more information, call (516) 432-6060.

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Long Island Tennis Magazine - July/August 2012

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